US Patent Issued to MSA Technology on June 16 for "Settable length fall arrest device" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,046, issued on June 16, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Settable length fall arrest device" was invented by Maria Rodriguez (Chippenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall arrest device (10) includes a drum (1) configured to have a safety line (2) wound thereon, a speed responsive engagement assembly (3, 4, 6) arranged to inhibit rotation of the drum (1) above a predetermined rotational speed, and a traveller (30) configured to move in response to rotation of the drum (1). The traveller (30) is configured to activate the speed responsive engagement assembly (3, 4, 6) when a predetermine...