ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,258, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Safety line apparatus" was invented by Jacob Thackeray Squire (Devizes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety line traveller (1) for a fall protection system has a first component (2) in sliding engagement with a safety line (40), and a second component (3) which hinders sliding contact of the traveller with the safety line (40). The first and second components (2,3) are normally held in a sliding configuration in which the second component (3) is spaced from the safety line (40) and the first component (2) provides sliding contact wi...