ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,295, issued on June 2.

"Proofing fall safety system" was invented by Lawrence Jertberg (Sicamous, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for supporting at least one article on a roof. The system uses a carriage contained by an elongate member above a ridge of a roof to be translatable therealong. The carriage has a central body extending along an axis having a top surface, a pair of legs extending away from the axis of from the central body and a passage extending through the central body parallel to the axis. In use, adjusting the angle of the pair of legs is adjusted to correspond to the slope of the roof and posi...