ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,776, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to EVERLAST CLIMBING INDUSTRIES INC. (Crystal, Minn.).
"Climbing wall assemblies" was invented by Timothy Shawn Sudeith (Edina, Minn.), Sarah Mae Howard (Lakeville, Minn.), Joel Greenblatt (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Joseph Sweeney (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to climbing wall assemblies having a variety of improvements. For instance, the climbing wall assemblies may include connectors to attach the surface panels to the framework, in which the connectors may be mounted substantially anywhere along the front of the framework and at substantially any angl...