US Patent Issued to Nautical Structures Industries on May 27 for "Powered retractable ladder" (Florida, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,047, issued on May 27, was assigned to Nautical Structures Industries Inc. (Largo, Fla.).

"Powered retractable ladder" was invented by Robert Bolline (Largo, Fla.), Scott Danforth (Largo, Fla.), Matthew Freeburg (Largo, Fla.), Scott Milford (Largo, Fla.), Art Sciarrotta (Largo, Fla.), Steven Gioiosa (Clearwater, Fla.), Mike Krawczyk (Clearwater, Fla.), Keith Stephens (Clearwater, Fla.), Nat McCormick (Cleartwater, Fla.) and Benedict Capuco (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The powered retractable ship ladder replaces the current technology of manually-lowered ship ladders. The powered ladder includes powered extension an...