invention will now be described in detail with reference to a few preferred embodiments as illustrated in accompanying drawings in the following description numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention however it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details in other instances well known features and or process steps have not been described in detail in order to not unnecessarily obscure the invention the features and advantages of the invention may be better understood with reference to the drawings and discussions that follow while the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments those skilled in the art having benefit of this disclosure will appreciate that other embodiments can be devised which do not depart from the scope of the invention as disclosed herein fig1 shows one embodiment of the present invention wherein the leg extension assembly of the present invention is used in the legs of a step ladder the locking member 24 can be seen extending from the opening 22 in the outer member 30 the pivot point 20 is also visible as is the foot member 38 that is attached to the tubular member not visible fig2 shows a side view of the step ladder embodiment of fig1 with cut away sections to permit visualization of internal structures the tubular member 32 is visible within the outer member 30 the tubular member 32 can be seen passing through glides 34 also visible is the foot assembly 35 comprising the non skid surface 38 and pivoting attachment point 36 where the foot is attached to the tubular member 32 fig3 shows a.