US Patent Issued to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS on July 15 for "Multifunction button for ladder adjustment" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,506, issued on July 15, was assigned to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS LLC (Springville, Utah).

"Multifunction button for ladder adjustment" was invented by B. Scott Maxfield (Mapleton, Utah) and N. Ryan Moss (Mapleton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ladders have first and second assemblies with pairs of rails that form a pair of hinges rotatable about a pivot axis. The hinges include at least one retainer movable between axial positions along the pivot axis. The at least one retainer includes a body and a support arm coupled with the body. The arm can be pivotable relative to the body between a deployed position and a collapsed po...