ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,101, issued on Sept. 16.
"Fall protection shuttle apparatus and methods of using the same" was invented by Jan Hrouzek (Brno, Czech Republic), Vaclav Hruza (Brno, Czech Republic) and Mehmet Koru (Brno, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to shuttle apparatuses for fall protection and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, a shuttle apparatus comprises a shuttle housing configured for dynamic engagement relative to a guide member, a first brake assembly configured for activation during a fall instance, and a secondary brake assembly configured independent from the first brake ass...