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An apparatus for carrying a ladder includes a base, a handle connected to the base, and fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle. Each of the fingers has a hooked end. A compressible biasing member on the base at least partially extends toward the hook

An apparatus for carrying a ladder includes a base, a handle connected to the base, and fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle. Each of the fingers has a hooked end. A compressible biasing member on the base at least partially extends toward the hooked ends to bias a ladder rail against the hooked ends when the fingers are placed around the ladder rail. The compressible biasing member may be a spring, a flexible tab, a foam pad, or other compressible member. A method of modifying a ladder is also provided.

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1. An apparatus for carrying a ladder having a ladder rail, the apparatus comprising: a base;a handle connected to the base;fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle and having hooked ends;a compressible biasing member on the base at least partially ext

1. An apparatus for carrying a ladder having a ladder rail, the apparatus comprising: a base;a handle connected to the base;fingers spaced from one another on the base and generally extending away from the handle and having hooked ends;a compressible biasing member on the base at least partially extending toward the hooked ends to bias the ladder rail against the hooked ends when the fingers are placed around the ladder rail;wherein the compressible biasing member is a first spring connected to a side of the base that is surrounded by the fingers; wherein the handle has a first end and a second end with a gripping portion extending between the first end and the second end;a second spring spaced from the first spring and connected to the base on the side of the base;a first fastener fastening the first spring to the base;a second fastener fastening the second spring to the base; andwherein the first fastener extends through the base and into the first end of the handle and the second fastener extends through the base and into the second end of the handle to also fasten the handle to the base;wherein the fingers are configured to clip onto the ladder rail so that the ladder rail extends between the springs and the hooked ends, and configured to have the springs bias the ladder rail against the hooked ends to secure the apparatus to the ladder rail. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second springs have a tapered spiral shape. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the handle extends from a first side of the base; wherein the side of the base to which the first spring and the second spring are connected is a second side of the base; wherein the fingers extend from the second side of the base; wherein a first of the fingers extends from a first edge of the base and a second of the fingers extends from an opposing second edge of the base; and wherein the handle is fastened to the base closer to the first edge than to the second edge so that the handle is laterally offset on the first side of the base. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fingers include at least one pair of opposing fingers that are generally parallel and substantially aligned with one another, with the hooked ends of the opposing fingers extending toward one another. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least some of the fingers are hinged to the base. 6. The apparatus of claim 1 the ladder; wherein the fingers are configured to clip onto the ladder rail so that the ladder rail extends between the springs and the hooked ends, and so that the springs bias the ladder rail against the hooked ends to secure the apparatus to the ladder rail. 7. The apparatus of claim 6 in combination with the ladder, wherein the ladder rail is a first rail; wherein the ladder has an additional pair of spaced rails connected by additional rungs; wherein the ladder is collapsible to a position in which one of the rails of the additional pair of spaced rails is substantially parallel and adjacent to the first rail; and wherein a first of the fingers extends from a first edge of the base and a second of the fingers extends from an opposing second edge of the base; and wherein the handle is mounted to the base closer to the first edge than to the second edge so that the handle is offset from a center of the base toward said one of the rails of the additional pair of spaced rails. 8. The apparatus of claim 6 in combination with the ladder, wherein at least some of the fingers are hinged to the base. 9. The apparatus of claim 6 in combination with the ladder, wherein each of the fingers has a respective one of said hooked ends; wherein at least some of the fingers each have a hinged end with a knuckle opposite said respective one of said hooked ends; wherein the base has additional knuckles; andhinge pins connecting the knuckles of said at least some of the fingers to the additional knuckles of the base.