Tool support for ladder

Abstract

A tool holder for a ladder for supporting heavy or irregularly shaped tools. The tool holder includes a clamping member adapted to be removably coupled to the rail of a ladder and also includes a tool receiver securely attached to the clamping member in opposition to the ladder rail. An aperture is created between the tool receiver and the clamping member for engagement with a gripping flange adapted to be secured to a tool.

1 . A tool holder for a ladder comprising:
 (a) a clamping sleeve being adapted to be frictionally secured to a ladder rail;   (b) a receiver being secured to the clamping sleeve in opposition to the ladder rail creating a receiving aperture therebetween; and   (c) a tool positioner comprising a support strip and a positioning strip in parallel spaced relation to each other, said support strip being secured to the tool, said positioning strip being slidably disposed within the aperture.   
     
     
         2 . A tool holder as defined in  claim 1  wherein said clamping sleeve comprises:
 (a) a planar base plate having a top surface and opposing margins in parallel spaced relation with each other; and   (b) first and second clamping flanges each depending downwardly from a respective one of said margins parallel to the top surface of said base plate, said clamping flanges being adapted to frictionally engage the ladder rail.   
     
     
         3 . A tool holder as defined in  claim 2  including first and second flange enclosing members depending perpendicularly inwardly from the terminus of said first and second clamping flanges respectively and being disposed about the ladder rail. 
     
     
         4 . A tool holder as defined in  claim 2  wherein said receiver comprises an elongated member having opposed margins in parallel spaced relation to each other and depending downwardly at each of said margins into uniform extension members, said extension members being secured to the top surface of said base plate. 
     
     
         5 . A tool holder as defined in  claim 4  wherein the positioning strip of said tool positioner is disposed between the elongated member of said receiver and the top surface of said base plate.