US Patent Issued to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS on Feb. 10 for "Walkthrough and standoff mechanisms for ladders, ladders incorporating same and related methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,165, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS LLC (Springville, Utah).

"Walkthrough and standoff mechanisms for ladders, ladders incorporating same and related methods" was invented by Wesley V. Clark (Springville, Utah) and N. Ryan Moss (Mapleton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ladder and ladder accessory are provided including an accessory that may be coupled to the ladder in multiple configurations and serve multiple purposes. In one embodiment, a pair of components are each selectively coupled with associated rails of a ladder in a first, stored state, and a second, walkthrough state. When in the walk...