BRACE FOR A STEP OF A STEPLADDER AND A STEPLADDER EMPLOYING SUCH BRACES

摘要

A bracing system for a bottom step of a stepladder has a first brace, a second brace, a second brace, a third brace and a fourth brace. The first brace has an end received in the channel of a side rail of the stepladder and an opposite end affixed to a front flange of the bottom step of the stepladder. A second brace has an end affixed in the channel of a side rail and an opposite end affixed to a front flange of the bottom step. The third brace has an end affixed to the channel of a side rail and an opposite end affixed to a back flange of the bottom step. The fourth brace has an end affixed to the channel of another of the side rails and an opposite end affixed to a back flange of the bottom step.