ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,118, issued on July 22.
"Stabilizing assembly for extension ladders" was invented by Andrew S. Parsons (Jeffersonville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilizing assembly for extension ladders has two length adjustable legs attached to opposing sides of the base segment at the uppermost rung and two length adjustable braces attached to opposing sides of the base segment at the lowermost rung, the hollow walls of both have a three sided projection extending outward along their full length. A bracket of similar configuration encircles each leg, effects attachment of the outer end of the brace to the leg on the same side of the ...