ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,908, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MIM CONSTRUCTION AB (Trollhattan, Sweden).

"Energy absorbing member" was invented by Mats Bjornetun (Frandefors, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to an energy absorbing member (3) for a load carrying, load pulling, load pushing or load stopping assembly or the like, wherein said energy absorbing member (3) includes first and second attachment devices (30, 31) and a shaped body member (35) extending in a longitudinal direction (C) between said first and second attachment devices (30, 31) arranged to enable a predetermined relative elongation (triangleL) between said...