US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 20 for "Fall-protection apparatus with protective shroud and with sleeve assembly" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,726, issued on May 20, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fall-protection apparatus with protective shroud and with sleeve assembly" was invented by Michael A. Boraas (Zumbrota, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall-protection apparatus with a movable protective shroud and with a sleeve assembly, the sleeve assembly including an informational sheet that is compactable and extendable."

The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2021, under Application No. 17/517,894.

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