ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,702, issued on May 13, was assigned to ENGINEERED CUSTOM SOLUTIONS LLC (Houston).

"Hoisting system and method of operating a hoisting system" was invented by Chau Nguyen (Katy, Texas), David Hill Swasey (Brookshire, Texas), Rick Evan Baskin (Magnolia, Texas), Chris Licatovich (Cypress, Texas) and Christian Leuchtenberg (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hoisting system including a hoisting apparatus and a connector. The connector including a first part and a second part, one of which is suspended from the hoisting apparatus and the other secured to the load. Each of the first and second parts includes corresponding curved su...