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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2021
Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US);
Thomas W. Parker, Jamestown, PA (US);
Adrien Covington, Aurora, IL (US);
Claire Armenoff, Montgomery, IL (US);
Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US);
Abstract
A strand grab for a ladder having a hook assembly, a gate assembly engaged with the hook assembly and a biasing spring. The biasing spring produces a return biasing force which is less than a weight force of the ladder when the hook assembly rests on the strand allowing the gate assembly to close with the hook assembly and squeeze the strand between the gate assembly and the hook assembly in a closed position and hold the ladder in place with the strand. A ladder for use with a strand having a first rail and a second rail. The first rail has a first strand grab directly attached to the first rail and the second rail has a second stand grab directly attached to the second rail. A method for using a ladder. A method for making a ladder.