ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,686, issued on June 16, was assigned to BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP. (Shanghai).

"Security ladder for a pool" was invented by Shuiyong Huang (Shanghai), Wenhua Hu (Shanghai), Changde Wan (Shanghai) and Xiaobo Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety ladder for a pool includes a movable ladder portion that can be moved between an accessible position and an inaccessible position. The movable ladder portion is disposed substantially outside of the pool and provides a series of steps that can be climbed vertically for entry into the pool when it is located in the accessible position. In the inaccessible position, th...