ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,509, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Mirsolaw Jasak (Elk Grove Village, Ill.).

"Ladder fascia clamp and lock" was invented by Miroslaw Jasak (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), Johan de Beer (Pretoria, South Africa), Eben Meyburgh (Pretoria, South Africa) and Tasos Calantzis (Pretoria, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device for securing a ladder to a structure including a housing having a first, ladder end, and a second, building end opposite the ladder end, the housing defining an internal cavity. The clamping device utilizes a clamp with a housing end disposed within the housing and an opposite, grip end configured f...