ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,791, issued on April 14, was assigned to Werner Co. (Itasca, Ill.).
"Self-retracting lifeline housing" was invented by Ivan D. Lopez (Hermitage, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for a self-retracting lifeline includes an outer area disposed on a portion of a first side of the housing, the outer area being planar, a label area stepped down from the outer area, an outer perimeter of the label area corresponding to an inner perimeter of the outer area, and a number of protruding members disposed at least on a portion of the first side of the housing and being stepped up from the outer area."
The patent was filed on Dec. 7,...