ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,851, issued on July 29, was assigned to RIGGING CONCEPTS Ltd. (Waiheke Island, New Zealand).
"Coupling device" was invented by Nicholas Jerzy Nicholson (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device comprising a flexible elongate member of at least one length of an at least twice wound rope and a pin configured to be removably engaged with the flexible elongate member, wherein the flexible elongate member is formed as a loop or a part loop completing the loop with the pin, wherein at least one winding of rope is of disparate length to at least one other winding."
The patent was filed on June 5, 2020, under A...