ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,394, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CRH Concrete A/S (Denmark).
"Safety device" was invented by Esben Nielsen (Aabenraa, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety device is provided. The safety device (100) is for securing an individual to a concrete element (2) of a structure during construction work. The concrete element (2) is of the type comprising a concrete body (4) having one or more lifting pins (6) embedded in respective lifting pin holes (8) in said body. The safety device in the orientation intended during use comprises: -an anchoring element (10); and -a top element (12); wherein said anchoring element (10) comp...