US Patent Issued to Werner on June 3 for "Stairway work platform and method" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,133, issued on June 3, was assigned to Werner Co. (Itasca, Ill.).

"Stairway work platform and method" was invented by Michael Melton (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), David Pozgay (Wilmette, Ill.) and Jerry Lauricella (Schiller Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stairway work platform for a user includes a plank, a first leg assembly attached in proximity to a first end of the plank. The work platform includes an end pad directly attached to the first end of the plank which prevents damage to a vertical rise area of the stairway. The work platform includes a first bottom pad directly attached to a front of a first leg of the first leg asse...