ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,681, issued on April 22, was assigned to SureWerx USA Inc. (Elgin, Ill.).
"Latch activation between members" was invented by Christopher James Allington (Leeston, New Zealand), Andrew Karl Diehl (Wellington, New Zealand), Kevin A. Wright (Wellington, New Zealand), Weston Hill (Wellington, New Zealand) and Dave Walters (Wellington, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a system, method of use and Self Retracting Lifeline (SRL) apparatus using a system that governs a dynamic response between members causing a halt in relative motion between the members. Magnetic interactions, eddy current drag forces and centrif...