ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,908, issued on March 3, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Carabiner divider and fall arrest system" was invented by Owain Jones (Devizes, Great Britain) and Karl Jones (Devizes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A divider for a carabiner in a fall arrest system, the carabiner having a frame; and an openable gate and configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, the divider comprising a body having: (i) a central body portion; and (ii) a plurality of connection portions extending from the central body portion and configured to attach the divider to at least a portion of ...