ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,141, issued on March 31, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Fall protection compliance system and method" was invented by Matthew Frederick Jacob (Pittsburgh) and Vikram Thiruneermalai Gomatam (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall protection compliance system includes a fall limiting device connected to an anchor. The fall limiting device comprises a connection device and a sensor system associated with the connection device. The sensor system is configured to determine whether a connector is connected to the connection device and to transmit a signal based on detecting that the c...