ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,606, issued on Feb. 10.
"Personal fall arrest system with transmitting alert module" was invented by Paul Lingo (Federal Heights, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal fall arrest assembly for shortening a response time in event of a fall includes a line, which has a connector and a coupler attached to its first end and second end, respectively. The connector and the coupler are selectively attachable to a structure, or an adaptation to the structure, and to a harness worn by a user, respectively. The line thus tethers the user to the structure. A deceleration device is attached to the line and is absorbs energy as the line...