ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,565, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GRADY F. SMITH & Co. INC. (Greenville, N.C.).
"Outrigger for multi-function scaffold" was invented by Grady F. Smith (Greenville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightweight, multi-function scaffold includes an adjustable height platform that slidably mounts between two ladder frames and a plurality of outriggers to increase stability. The outriggers attach to the ladder frames of the scaffold and extend beyond an end of the scaffold in the longitudinal direction to increase the maximum base width. Increasing the maximum base width increases stability in the longitudinal dimension and reduc...