ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,240, issued on June 23.

"Modular body harness" was invented by James Zaremba (Vero Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular body harness is disclosed, including a sheet including a plurality of slots. A first set of hook and loop strips are positioned horizontally at a bottom portion of the sheet and a second set of hook and loop strips are positioned vertically above the first set of hook and loop strips. A plurality of self-gripping hook and loop strips are each engaged with one of the plurality of slots and attached to themselves. A parachute cord extends through a portion of the plurality of self-gripping hook and loo...