ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,624, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Paul Kristen Inc. (Tonawanda, N.Y.).
"Suspension assembly" was invented by Paul Apostolopoulos (Clarence, N.Y.) and Davy E. Passucci (Clarence Center, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension assembly for suspending a lower structure such as a platform or platform portion from an upper structure such as ad bridge. A sling includes a cable one end of which is attachable to the upper structure and an other end of which has an eyelet formed by folding an end portion of the cable back over the cable and swaging the end portion of the cable to the cable. A chain having a plurality of links ...