US Patent Issued to GRADY F. SMITH & Co. on Oct. 14 for "Crimping tool, crimped pipe with flattened end, and scaffold ladder frame" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,203, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GRADY F. SMITH & Co. INC. (Greenville, N.C.).

"Crimping tool, crimped pipe with flattened end, and scaffold ladder frame" was invented by Grady F Smith (Greenville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scaffold includes first and second ladder frames. Each ladder frame includes first and second vertical supports, and first and second horizontal supports mounted to the vertical supports. The first horizontal support is formed of tubular material, and has a base or central section and an asymmetric flattened end section. The end section is mounted to the first vertical support. The central secti...