ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,363, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Latchways plc (Yate, Great Britain).
"Energy absorber" was invented by Jacob Thackeray Squire (Devizes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorber (10) for use in a fall arrest system includes an elongate member (11) having a proximal end (14), a distal end (12), and a line of weakness (15, 16) extending in a longitudinal direction (A) along at least a portion of the elongate member between the proximal end (14) and the distal end (12). The line of weakness (15, 16) is at least partially non-linear. In response to application of a predetermined force, the elongate member (1...