ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,537, issued on June 23, was assigned to Honeywell Safety Products USA Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).
"Fall protection shuttle apparatus and methods of using the same" was invented by Jan Hrouzek (Demborice, Czech Republic), Vaclav Hruza (Brno, N.C.), Mehmet Koru (Brno, N.C.) and Tanguy Prevot (Brno, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments are directed to shuttle apparatuses for fall protection and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the shuttle apparatus comprise a shuttle housing configured for dynamic engagement relative to a guide member; an adjustable guide wheel assembly configured for selective rotation bet...