US Patent Issued to Barrier1 Systems on Nov. 4 for "Flexible tensile member with releasable convolutions for absorbing tensile energy" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,692, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Barrier1 Systems LLC (Greensboro, N.C.).

"Flexible tensile member with releasable convolutions for absorbing tensile energy" was invented by Michael John Lamore (Greensboro, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorber includes a flexible tensile member having lengthwise sections arranged serially along a length of the flexible tensile member. Lengthwise sections define convolutions. Features are provided for both restricting straightening of the convolutions and automatically reconfiguring, in response predetermined tension in the flexible tensile member, to allow straightening of the ...