US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 28 for "Fall protection suspension trauma relief assembly" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,306, issued on July 28, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fall protection suspension trauma relief assembly" was invented by Nathan W. Safe (Red Wing, Minn.), Stephen D. Shaver (Cottage Grove, Minn.) and Christopher S. McLeod (Lake Elmo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a suspension trauma relief strap assembly for use in a fall protection harness comprising: a first housing integrally mounted within one side of the fall protection harness and configured to hold a strap, where the strap has a first end and a second end, and where the first end is operably connected to the first hou...