ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,095, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS LLC (Springville, Utah).
"Ladders and ladder bracing" was invented by N. Ryan Moss (Mapleton, Utah) and Benjamin Cook (Provo, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ladder with bracing is provided. In one embodiment, the ladder may include a first rail assembly comprising a pair of inner rails and a pair of outer rails, the pair of inner rails being slidably disposed in a upper portion of pair of outer rails, wherein a rear surface of each of the pair of outer rails lies in a common plane. A first plurality of rungs may be coupled between the pair of inner rails, and ...