ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,536, issued on June 23, was assigned to D B Industries LLC (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Suspension trauma relief strap assembly for use with a full body harness" was invented by J. Thomas Wolner (Red Wing, Minn.) and Travis P. Betcher (Goodhue, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preferred embodiment suspension trauma relief strap assembly for use with a full body harness includes a pair of straps connectable in two configurations. The first configuration is formed by engaging a hook of one strap with one of a plurality of closed loop arrangements of the other strap to form a sling upon which a person donning the full body harness may sta...