US Patent Issued to Latitude Outdoors on July 7 for "Climbing stick" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,356, issued on July 7, was assigned to Latitude Outdoors LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Climbing stick" was invented by Kevin Leach (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Alex Chopp (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Jake Matelic (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climbing stick includes first and second steps, a post, and a standoff. First and second outer walls and an inner wall extend the length of the post. The inner wall is between the first and second outer walls. First diagonal walls extend upward and rightward from the first outer wall to the second outer wall. Second diagonal walls extend upward and leftward from the second outer wall to th...