ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,416, issued on Nov. 25.
"Traction tensioning apparatus and system" was invented by Bennett Toavs (St. Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction tensioning apparatus includes a housing that has a first end and a second end. An anchor point is mounted to the housing and is attachable to a first tether that is in-line with a traction system and extending away from the housing in a first direction. An urging assembly is engaged with the anchor point. The urging assembly is tension actuated to urge the anchor point toward the second end and releasably actuated to allow the anchor point to move toward the first end. An attachme...