ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,790, issued on April 14, was assigned to HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS USA INC. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Relief apparatus and method of using the same" was invented by Wenbo Wang (Shanghai), Ling Lin (Shanghai), Xiaojuan Zhu (Shanghai), Zheng Gu (Shanghai), Lyndon Liu (Shanghai), Zhou Weiming (Shanghai) and Peng Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to relief apparatuses and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, a relief apparatus may comprise a housing comprising an interior housing portion configured to store a relief step device therein, and an activation assembly configured to facilit...