ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,942, issued on Dec. 30.

"Portable rope ladder and method" was invented by Vincent Michael Velasquez (Cumming, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable rope ladder and method to enable a climber to continuously climb a tree, pole or other object with the portable rope ladder using an end of end technique is disclosed."

The patent was filed on May 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/742,364.

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