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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2021
Werner Co., Greenville, PA (US);
Derek Bibler, Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Vlatko Papa, Skokie, IL (US);
Oladapo Kolawole, Frankfort, IL (US);
Thomas W. Parker, Jamestown, PA (US);
Ruel Sanico Estandarte, Laguna, PH;
Mark Harries C. Lanting, Manila, PH;
Michael Melton, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
WERNER CO., Greenville, PA (US);
Abstract
A multi-function ladder having a front section having a first front rail and. a rear section. The ladder having a first hinge attached to the first front rail and the first rear rail. The ladder having a second hinge attached to the second front rail and the second rear rail. Each hinge having a locked state and an unlocked state. The ladder having an actuator directly attached to the front section and remote and separate and apart from the first hinge and the second hinge. When the first and second hinges are in the unlocked state, the rear section can be moved between a leaning ladder mode, a step ladder mode, a stairway ladder mode and a straight ladder mode upon which each hinge goes into the locked state in the desired ladder mode.