ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,450, issued on July 15.
"Scaffold safety assembly" was invented by Joao Paulo Cruz (King City, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scaffold safety assembly for facilitating a worker to service a scaffold includes a scaffold that has a frame comprising a leg portion. A step unit is removably attachable to the leg portion of the frame of the scaffold to facilitate a worker to stand on the step unit. The step unit extends laterally away from the leg portion when the step unit is removably attached to the leg portion. In this way the gate facilitates the worker to access various areas of the scaffold without standing on the scaffold....