US Patent Issued to AIDACARE on Oct. 20 for "Connection point assembly for a patient lifter spreader bar with a visual indicator indicative of a latch position thereof" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,059, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AIDACARE PTY LTD (Moorebank, Australia).

"Connection point assembly for a patient lifter spreader bar with a visual indicator indicative of a latch position thereof" was invented by David Owen (Sandringham, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection point assembly for a patient lifter spreader bar has a hook member defining a throat having a mouth, the mouth being formed between a distal end of the hook member and an adjacent base portion and a latch assembly operably coupled to the hook member at the mouth and comprising a latch configurable between an open position wherein the latc...