Not sure I understand this statement. The depth of field spans a distance both in front and back of the focussing range where all objects are in equivalent focus. To focus all objects of interest spanning a set of ranges, the appropriate approach is to focus on an element roughly in the middle of the set, then increase the depth of field until all elements are in roughly equivalent focus. One does not focus at the hyperfocal distance and step everything down.

If all objects are at or beyond the hyperfocal distance, one can focus the lens to infinity and be done with it. All objects will remain in focus regardless of the size of the aperture as all rays incident on the lens from a given object are quasi-parallel.

EDIT: Quasi-parallel from the object, not quasi-parallel to the optic axis.