US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on April 15 for "Safety harness with removable rigid dorsal force-transfer member" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,899, issued on April 15, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Safety harness with removable rigid dorsal force-transfer member" was invented by Nathan W. Safe (Red Wing, Minn.) and Stephen D. Shaver (Cottage Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety harness including first and second shoulder straps and a waist strap and a rigid dorsal force-transfer member with an upper end that is removably connected to the first and second shoulder straps at a dorsal crossing point of the first and second shoulder straps and with a lower end that is removably connected to a dorsal portion of the waist strap. M...