ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,585, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to WERNER Co. (Itasca, Ill.).
"Ladder stability anchor" was invented by Milbert La Valle (Taguig City, Philippines) and Ivan D. Lopez (Hermitage, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor device includes a main body having a base with a first end and a second end, a fixed clamping bracket at one end of the base and an elongated opening or track extending along the base. A moving clamping assembly includes a moving clamping bracket and a cam lever or actuator, and the moving clamping assembly is configured to slide along the track to adjust a position of the moving clamping bracket relative to t...