ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,186, issued on March 3.
"Climbing aid" was invented by John Richards (Bruce Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climbing aid for climbing to an elevated vantage point while hunting. The climbing aid includes multiple units that can be fastened and unfastened from each other, wherein each unit forms a step of the climbing aid. Each unit includes a webbing of a tubular and an elongated geometry. The webbing has a proximal end and a distal end. A hollow tube slidably positioned at about the middle of the webbing, the tube has a proximal end and a distal end. A right link is positioned adjacent to the proximal end of the hol...