ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,576, issued on April 21.
"Hunting safety harness" was invented by Walter Ernest Power II (Columbia, Tenn.), Gregory Alan Godfrey (Richmond Hill, Ga.), Carl Eugene Kossuth III (Rolla, Mo.) and Shawn Paul Chadwick (Merrill, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hunting safety harness includes a saddle and a cord. The saddle includes a first saddle portion, a second saddle portion, and an expansion portion therebetween that is expandable to increase and decrease the size of the saddle. The cord is coupled to the first saddle portion and the second saddle portion and extends over the expansion portion. The cord is designed to resilientl...