ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,584, issued on April 14, was assigned to Safe Rack LLC (Andrews, S.C.).

"Mobile access unit and cage" was invented by Robert W. Honeycutt (Pawleys Island, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fall restraint equipment comprising a mobile access unit having a mobile platform portion, a ladder portion, and a cage portion. The components of the fall restraint equipment are formed from butterflying, lasering, cutting, bending, and/or stamping continuous pieces of tubular and sheet metal. The components of the mobile access unit are modular and include adapters of varying height that cause the mobile access unit to exhibit varying height. ...