ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,348, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).
"Self-retracting device and axle therefor" was invented by Matthew Frederick Jacob (Pittsburgh) and Michael Goodspeed (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-retracting device includes a housing assembly having a first housing cover removably connectable to a second housing cover. The self-retracting device further includes a rotatable hub received within an interior of the housing assembly and having a line associated therewith, and retraction member received within an interior of the housing assembly between the rotatable hub and the fir...