ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,421, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Jool Products LLC (Lakewood, N.J.).
"Foldable locking step stool" was invented by Judah Bergman (Lakewood, N.J.), Yishak Sultan (West Long Branch, N.J.) and Jiaxuan Ma (Lakewood, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable locking step stool includes a stool platform configured to hingedly fold into a first stool platform member and a second stool platform member. The stool has a child-proof locking mechanism preventing a child from pinching their fingers when the stool platform folds. The child-proof locking mechanism includes a pair of slider elements required to be engaged simultaneousl...