US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Nov. 3 for "Fall-protection system with monitoring system" (Minnesota, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,256, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Fall-protection system with monitoring system" was invented by Lauren K. Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.), Scott E. Brigham (Maplewood, Minn.), Christopher W. Coyle (Eagan, Minn.), Heidi Lopez-Hidalgo (South St. Paul, Minn.), Jonathan J. Lepp (Eagan, Minn.), Stephen D. Shaver (Cottage Grove, Minn.) and Jeffrey T. Keacher (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall-protection system including a harness and a fall-protection apparatus with a lifeline bearing a connector configured to be connected to the harness; and, a fall-protection monitoring system wi...