ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,556, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSON ROPE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Ferndale, Wash.).
"Synthetic rope for system level recoil control" was invented by John Hughson (Bellingham, Wash.), James Plaia (Blaine, Wash.) and Dustin Heins (Bellingham, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rope system for system level recoil control and method for providing a rope system for system level recoil control are provided. The rope system includes a first rope component and a second component, and the second rope component is connected in series to the first rope component. The first rope component includes a first rope subcomponent and a second...