US Patent Issued to Werner on May 19 for "Ladder foot and ladder therewith" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,068, issued on May 19, was assigned to Werner Co. (Itasca, Ill.).

"Ladder foot and ladder therewith" was invented by Steve Dings (Mentor, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ladder having a first rail having a bottom and a web, a first flange attached to a first end of the web and a second flange attached to a second end of the web. The ladder having a second rail. The ladder having rungs attached to the first rail and second rail upon which a user steps to climb the ladder. The ladder having a foot having a plastic body with a recess which receives the end of the first rail and is positioned about and conforms to the web and the fi...