US Patent Issued to Manitowoc Crane Group France on July 29 for "Double-reeved lifting device with an improved pawl-locking mechanism" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,308, issued on July 29, was assigned to Manitowoc Crane Group France (Dardilly, France).

"Double-reeved lifting device with an improved pawl-locking mechanism" was invented by Jonathan Chalavon (Mions, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-reeved lifting device includes a lower reeve block secured to a lifting hook and an upper reeve block, wherein the two reeve blocks are part of a mechanical reversible connection system to be reversibly configurable between a connected configuration and a disconnected configuration, with a locking mechanism and a complementary locking structure supporting a locking member. The locking mech...