US 12,392,197 B2
Ladder, top and method
Daniel C. Mora, Transfer, PA (US); Robert D. Beggs, Stoneboro, PA (US); Tek Lentine, Greenville, PA (US); Joseph C. Dangrow, Mercer, PA (US); Adam C. Field, Cochranton, PA (US); and Brent Sedlacek, Elmhurst, IL (US)
Assigned to Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US)
Filed by Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/839,994.
Application 16/839,994 is a continuation of application No. 15/395,397, filed on Dec. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,612,305.
Prior Publication US 2020/0232280 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. E06C 7/48 (2006.01); E06C 1/04 (2006.01); E06C 1/14 (2006.01); E06C 1/18 (2006.01); E06C 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC E06C 7/482 (2013.01) [E06C 1/04 (2013.01); E06C 1/14 (2013.01); E06C 1/18 (2013.01); E06C 7/14 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ladder comprising:
a first rail coupled to a second rail via a first plurality of rungs;
a third rail coupled to a fourth rail via a second plurality of rungs and connected to the first rail and the second rail via a hinge;
a ladder top coupled to at least the first rail and the second rail, wherein the ladder top includes a first end coupled to the first rail and a second end coupled to the second rail;
wherein the ladder top includes a front side and a back side substantially parallel to one another and coupled to the first end and the second end, and a top surface coupled to the front side, the back side, the first end, and the second end,
wherein the front side includes a notch, a flat front surface, a first flat corner surface extending obliquely between the flat front surface and the first end, and a second flat corner surface extending obliquely between the flat front surface and the second end, and four separate and spaced pads, wherein a first pad of the pads extends from the flat front surface to the first flat corner surface and a second pad of the pads extends from the flat front surface to the second flat corner surface, and
wherein at least some of the four pads are configured to contact a surface to avoid marring said surface, and
wherein the front side includes openings extending through the front side and configured to receive protrusions disposed on the four pads to couple the four pads to the front side.