ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,102, issued on Sept. 16.

"Mounting device for a fall protection device and methods of using the same" was invented by Tanguy Prevot (Nebovidy, Czech Republic), Jan Hrouzek (Damborice, Czech Republic), Jan Riha (Brno, Czech Republic) and Miroslav Molinek (Havirov, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to mounting devices for fall protection devices and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, a mounting device may comprise a mounting bracket configured for attachment to a materials handling vehicle; a rotary arm rotatably attached to the mounting bracket at an arm base, wherein the r...