ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,706, issued on July 15, was assigned to Rigging Concepts Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Shackle" was invented by Nicholas Jerzy Thomas Nicholson (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a shackle. The shackle comprises a shackle body for use with a shackle pin. The shackle body comprises a flexible elongate member comprising at least one length of rope circuitously formed so that the flexible elongate member passes through itself and defines three sequentially adjacent noose portions Three sequentially adjacent noose portions comprise an intermediate noose portion and two end noose portio...