ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,517, issued on Aug. 11.
"Quick release tourniquet carrier" was invented by Scott V. Evans (Burgaw, N.C.) and Nicholas R. Tomczak (Richlands, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a tourniquet carrier assembly that includes a case comprising a base portion, a lid portion, at least one aperture in the case, and at least one groove operable to receive at least one corresponding tab, a tourniquet, and a band configured to receive the case and bound the lid portion to the base portion. Without the carrier strap, the base portion is configured to engage but not attach to the lid portion when each groove receiv...