The bumper member may be made from rubber, or any other suitable resilient material. A resilient bumper strip is provided along the front end of the platform for engagement with a building against which the ladder is mounted. A pair of tubular or sleeve members are fixed to the rear outer side corners of the table portion for quick and easy mounting of the platform in a slidable manner over the upper ends of the rails of the ladder, and for resting against the upper rung of the ladder. The border rail means may also be made of the same material as the table portion, or from a different material. The table portion is preferably rectangular in plan view, and it may be made from any suitable material, such as wood, glass, aluminum, steel, and so forth. The table portion is provided with a raised border rail means, which may be formed by mounting angle irons or T-bars around the periphery of the table portion. In accordance with the present invention, the ladder standoff platform comprises a flat table portion for supporting tools and other equipment. 548,111, 2,749,008, 2,803,389, 3,028,929, 3,288,249, 3,734,236 and 3,762,500.Īnother disadvantage of some prior art ladder standoff platforms is that the load transmitted to the ladder from the platform is taken up by one or more rungs on the ladder, and such structure does not provide optimum safety conditions. Further examples of complicated and expensive ladder platforms are illustrated in U.S. Examples of such prior art ladder platforms are illustrated in U.S. All prior art ladder platforms employ various types of attachment screws and the like which must be individually fastened to the rails of a ladder. A disadvantage of the prior art ladder support platforms is that they are complex and expensive to make, and time consuming in attaching the platform to a ladder. It is well known in the ladder art to employ ladder standoff platforms for supporting tools and the like, and for positioning the upper end of a straight ladder in an offset position away from the face of a building against which the ladder is mounted. The invention is specifically concerned with a ladder standoff platform for offsetting the upper end of a straight ladder away from the face of a building against which the ladder is mounted, and for supporting tools and other equipment, such as paint pails. This invention relates to the ladder art, and more particularly, to a novel and improved ladder standoff platform. (a) a retainer member mounted on the lower side of the flat table portion adjacent the rear end thereof for attachment to the upper rung of a ladder. A support platform for ladders having two side rails as defined in claim 2, including: (a) a resilient bumper member attached to the front end of the flat table portion.ħ. A support platform for ladders having two side rails as defined in claim 3, including: (a) said tubular members are adjustably mounted on the flat table portion.Ħ. A support platform for ladders having two side rails as defined in claim 3, wherein: (a) said tubular members are fixedly mounted on the flat table portion.ĥ. (a) said border rails extend along the periphery of said flat table portion.Ĥ. A support platform for ladders having two side rails as defined in claim 2, wherein: (a) said flat table portion is provided with raised border rails.ģ. A support platform for ladders having two side rails as defined in claim 1, wherein: (b) a tubular member secured at each side of the rear end of the flat table portion in spaced apart relationship equal to the spacing of the side rails of a ladder for slidably mounting the tubular members over the upper ends of the side rails in close slidable relation therewith, and downward into seating engagement against the upper one of said transverse rungs, for mounting the support platform on the side rails of a straight ladder.Ģ. (a) a flat table portion having a front end, for resting engagement against a building when the ladder is vertically disposed against a building, and a rear end In a support platform for straight ladders having two side rails and a plurality of transverse rungs, including an upper rung, interconnecting said rails, the combination comprising: