SAFETY LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR A LADDER

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a safety light assembly mountable on a ladder to aid firefighters and other emergency personnel in locating the ladder under adverse visibility conditions such as smoke, darkness, and inclement weather. The light assembly preferably comprises a pair of respective housings each mountable upon one of the outwardly side-facing surfaces of the ladder side members at locations adjacent to the upper end of the ladder. The housings contain respective light sources capable of projecting light in respective opposite outwardly side-facing directions from the ladder while also refracting portions of the light laterally away from the respective outwardly side-facing directions.

主权项

1. A light assembly mountable on a ladder which has a spaced pair of elongate side members with respective inwardly-facing surfaces interconnected by ladder rungs and with respective outwardly side-facing surfaces facing in respective opposite side-facing directions, said light assembly comprising a pair of respective housings each mountable upon a respective one of said outwardly side-facing surfaces at locations adjacent to one end of said ladder, said housings containing separate respective light sources capable, when said housings are so mounted, of projecting light in said respective opposite side-facing directions while also diverging a major portion of their light laterally from said respective opposite side-facing directions.