ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,434, issued on May 20, was assigned to TFE Co. LLC.
"Rescue lift harness" was invented by Richard Taylor (Albion, N.Y.) and Tracy Crosby (Lanesborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a rescue lift harness for, and a method of lifting, an injured person. The harness includes an elongated center section having a pair of elongated side straps of various lengths that are roughly parallel and spaced apart by bridge strap(s) coupled perpendicularly thereto, a center portion of the elongated center section for placement under an injured person's back and bottom sections of the elongated side straps for placement under and ...