ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,226, issued on July 7, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).

"Harness for fall protection" was invented by Peng Zhou (Shanghai), XiaoJuan Zhu (Shanghai), Ling Lin (Shanghai) and Anbo Sun (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harnesses for fall protection and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. The harness includes a horizontal connecting webbing with a force receiving mechanism. The horizontal connecting webbing including a first horizontal receiving loop at a first end of the horizontal connecting webbing. The harness also includes a first upper webbing configured with a upper webbing loo...