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A paint roller tray mounting device includes a platform with a width sized to fit between first and second side rung supports of a ladder or step ladder, a length to support a paint roller tray with at least two tabs located at upper edges of the tray. The tabs have mounting holes in them. The platf

A paint roller tray mounting device includes a platform with a width sized to fit between first and second side rung supports of a ladder or step ladder, a length to support a paint roller tray with at least two tabs located at upper edges of the tray. The tabs have mounting holes in them. The platform has a recess in an upper surface sized and shaped to provide a gripping surface for a ladder rung. At least two bolts are symmetrically attached through opposite edges of the platform. The bolts extend from a lower surface of the platform through the mounting holes in the tabs at the upper edge of the paint roller tray. The bolts are tightened, urging the tray and the platform together. The platform is located beneath and the paint roller tray is located above the ladder rung or a top shelf of a step ladder.

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1. A paint roller tray mounting device, comprising: a platform, said platform having a width sized to fit between first and second side rung supports of a ladder or step ladder, a length sufficient to support a paint roller tray and having a recess in an upper surface, said recess being sized and sh

1. A paint roller tray mounting device, comprising: a platform, said platform having a width sized to fit between first and second side rung supports of a ladder or step ladder, a length sufficient to support a paint roller tray and having a recess in an upper surface, said recess being sized and shaped to provide a gripping surface for a rung of the ladder;a paint roller tray, said tray comprising of an inclined bottom surface, front, rear, left side and right side surrounding walls, said walls having upper edges and at least two tabs mounted to said front and rear walls, each of said tabs having a holes therethrough;at least two fasteners, said fasteners extending through the holes of said tabs in attaching said tray to said platform; andwherein said platform is disposed beneath either the ladder rung or a top shelf of said step ladder, said inclined bottom surface of said paint roller tray is disposed above and directly grips either said rung or said shelf, said fasteners urging said tabs and said platform toward each other and said paint roller tray is secured to either said rung or said shelf. 2. The paint roller tray mounting device, as described in claim 1, wherein each of said fasteners comprises a bolt and mating nut. 3. The paint roller tray mounting device, as described in claim 2, wherein said mating nut is a wingnut. 4. A method of mounting a paint roller tray to a ladder or a step ladder, comprising the steps of: providing a platform, said platform having a width sized to fit between first and second side rung supports of a ladder or a step ladder, a length sufficient to support a paint roller tray and having a recess in an upper surface, said recess being sized and shaped to provide a gripping surface for a rung of the ladder;providing a paint roller tray, said tray comprising of an inclined bottom surface, front, rear, left side and right side surrounding walls, said walls having upper edges and at least two tabs mounted to said front and rear walls, each of said tabs having a holes therethrough;providing at least two fasteners, said fasteners extending through the holes of said tabs in attaching said tray to said platform; anddisposing said platform beneath either said ladder rung or a top shelf of said step ladder;disposing said inclined bottom surface of said paint roller tray above and directly gripping either said rung or said top shelf;deploying said fasteners in urging said tabs and said platform toward each other, with said bottom surface of said paint roller tray functioning as a mating structural element for said platform thereby securing said paint roller tray to either said rung or said top shelf. 5. The method of mounting the paint roller tray of claim 4 to the ladder or step ladder, comprising the further step of providing a bolt and mating nut as said fasteners. 6. The method of mounting the paint roller tray of claim 4 to the ladder or step ladder, comprising the additional step of providing a wingnut as said mating nut.