ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,877, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).
"Shock absorber for fall protection locking system" was invented by David Sulc (Jedovnice, Czech Republic), Vaclav Hruza (Brno, Czech Republic) and Radim Svoboda (Bojkovice, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Locking systems and method of manufacturing the same are provided. A locking system for fall protection includes a braking lever. The braking includes a shock absorber. The shock absorber includes a plurality of coils. The shock absorber also includes a plurality of breakaway interfaces coupling the plurality of coils together. ...