ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,277, issued on April 22, was assigned to Beacon Roofing Supply Inc. (Herndon, Va.).
"Fall protection system" was invented by John Whitty (Richmond, Va.) and Alan Shamblin (Oakton, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall protection system includes an elevation mechanism including a base end and an elevated end, and that is configured to permit a user to scale the elevation mechanism. The first channel is disposed at a first side of the elevation mechanism and extends between the base end and the elevated end, and is configured to anchor a first shuttle to the elevation mechanism and permit the first shuttle to transition between the ...