ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,393, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to J. D. Theile GmbH &Co. KG (Schwerte, Germany).
"Attachment point" was invented by Bernd Muer (Schwerte, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor point comprising a connecting means for connecting the anchor point to an object to be fixed and/or handled, with an eyelet bend connected to a base body and a connecting eyelet hooked into the eyelet bend for connecting an anchoring or lashing means. The connecting eyelet has a smaller radius in its bend hooked into the eyelet bend than in its other bend, and carries two dividing elements opposite one another with respect to their longitudinal...