US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "Dual stage ladder rack for work vans" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,900, issued on Oct. 21.

"Dual stage ladder rack for work vans" was invented by Rashid Bharucha (Roseville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual stage vehicle ladder rack permits multiple ladders to be stacked vertically above a vehicle for transport without requiring removal of the top ladder of the stack prior to removal of a lower ladder. A lower stage is movable, independent of an upper stage, between a loading/unloading position and a stowed position."

The patent was filed on March 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/128,753.

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