ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,487, issued on May 27.
"Load distribution systems and load carrying equipment" was invented by Randall Alley (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load carrying and force distributing interface to be worn on a user's limb is described. The interface has one or more support members sized and dimensioned to fit around the user's limb, at least three elongated compression members circumferentially spaced apart and around the limb, and a sensor, an actuator, and a controller configured to dynamically adjust a compression level of at least one of the elongated compression members. The controller could also be configured ...