ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,196, issued on April 14.
"Swimming pool platform device" was invented by Andrew Cleland (Glendale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swimming pool platform device includes an above ground swimming pool that has a perimeter wall defining an interior of the above ground swimming pool. A frame is provided which is comprised of a plurality of modular sections assembled to define a pair of grapples and a seat and a pair of legs. Each of the pair of grapples is extended over the perimeter wall of the above ground swimming pool having the seat being horizontally oriented and having each of the pair of legs abutting a floor of the abov...