US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on June 16 for "Fall protection equipment connection status and control" (Illinois, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,044, issued on June 16, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fall protection equipment connection status and control" was invented by Judd J. Perner (East Dubuque, Ill.), Ronald D. Jesme (Plymouth, Minn.) and Travis W. Rasmussen (Rosemount, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for monitoring and controlling fall protection equipment. For example, the techniques of this disclosure may be used to monitor the connection status of fall protection equipment, e.g., whether or not the fall protection equipment is connected to a support structure. The techniques of this disclosure may also...