US Patent Issued to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS on Feb. 17 for "Ladders, foot mechanisms for ladders, and related methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,285, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LITTLE GIANT LADDER SYSTEMS LLC (Springville, Utah).

"Ladders, foot mechanisms for ladders, and related methods" was invented by B. Scott Maxfield (Mapleton, Utah), Gary M. Jonas (Springville, Utah), N. Ryan Moss (Mapleton, Utah) and Brian B Russell (Saratoga Springs, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of ladders, ladder legs, ladder feet, foot mechanisms for ladders, and related methods are provided herein. In one embodiment, a foot is pivotal relative to a leg or rail of the ladder between a first position and at least a second position. A biasing force is applied to the ...