ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,743, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Trumer Schutzbauten Ges.m.b.H. (Munich).

"Protective structure and method for dissipating tensile load applied to a support cable in a support cable arrangement of the protective structure" was invented by Ahren Bichler (Sechelt, Canada), Matthias Jakob (Vancouver, Canada), Gernot Stelzer (Kuchl, Austria) and Alex Strouth (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a protective structure having a plurality of supports arranged spaced apart from each other; having a trapping device which is guided on the supports via at least one support cable arrangement; and...