ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,016, issued on June 30, was assigned to New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (Xiamen City, China).

"Stepping platform of foldable ladder" was invented by Luhao Leng (Xiamen City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stepping platform of a foldable ladder comprises a plate body, a front end cap, and a rear end cap. The plate body, when in use, is rotatably supported between two front leg tubes of the foldable ladder. The front end cap and the rear end cap are respectively connected to the plate body from a front-and-rear direction. A bottom of the plate body comprises a plurality of protruding strips. The plurality of protruding st...