ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,527, issued on July 8, was assigned to BAUERandMORE GmbH (Pfungstadt, Germany).
"Brake plate for a rope grab for rope climbing, rope grab for rope climbing, and method for retrofitting a rope grab" was invented by Matthias N. Bauer (Pfungstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a brake plate for a rope grab for rope climbing, comprising: a first section for supporting a rope on the brake plate, said first section being a first arc of a first circle with a first radius, and a second section for supporting the rope on the brake plate, said second section being arranged adjacently to the first section, where...