ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,876, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).

"Integrated personal protective equipment connector element for use with a wearable safety harness" was invented by Wenbo Wang (Shanghai), Ling Lin (Shanghai), Xiaojuan Zhu (Shanghai), Zheng Gu (Shanghai), Lyndon Liu (Shanghai) and Peng Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to backplates comprising a base portion attached to a strap of the wearable safety harness; and a connector element secured relative to the base portion and comprising a first safety device interface configured to engage a first safet...