US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Horizontal collapsing ladder" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,335, issued on July 21.

"Horizontal collapsing ladder" was invented by Mark Ebbenga (Shafer, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible ladder assembly for mounting to a trailer comprises a ladder portion, a trailer mounting bracket, two extensible arms extending between connection with the ladder portion and connection with the trailer mounting bracket. The assembly has a first pivotal connection coupling the ladder portion to each of the two extensible arms a second pivotal connection coupling the ladder portion to each of the extensible arms, wherein an axis of the first pivotal connection is substantially normal to an axi...