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Abstract

A bracket pivotally mounted on a bracket support is used to removably attach a container to the side of a ladder. The bracket and bracket support are affixed to the container by attachment means. In a preferred embodiment, the bracket support is integral to the container and is a lip disposed on an upstanding peripheral wall. The container includes a bottom panel and an upstanding peripheral wall defining the interior of the container. The lip is disposed on the upstanding peripheral wall proximate to the top portion of the upstanding peripheral wall. The lip extends laterally outward from the upstanding peripheral wall and includes an outward facing rail contact surface. Pivot supports disposed at a position intermediate the rail contact surface of the lip and the first wall section of the container attach a bracket to the lip. The U-shaped bracket includes a rail engaging section disposed outwardly from the rail contact surface of the lip at a spaced apart lateral distance from the rail contact surface of the lip. The spaced apart distance defines a ladder rail receiving gap. The bracket is freely rotatable within the pivot supports from at least a first position where the bracket is supported by the lip to a second position where the bracket has rotated upwardly from the lip and the lateral distance between the bracket rail engaging section and the rail contact surface has shortened. In the second position, the bracket is able to pinch a ladder rail between the bracket rail engaging section and the rail contact surface of the lip.

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First Claim