ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,685, issued on June 24.
"Stabilized ladder assembly" was invented by Maximino Vargas (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilized ladder assembly includes a step ladder that has a set of climbing legs and a set of support legs each is hingedly coupled to a top support. A pair of lateral supports is each pivotally disposed on the step ladder. Each of the lateral supports is positionable in a deployed position to engage a support surface for inhibiting the step ladder from tipping laterally on the support surface. Each of the lateral supports is positionable in a stored position having the lateral supports resting against the ...