US Patent Issued to WERNER on June 16 for "Cable grab" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,040, issued on June 16, was assigned to WERNER Co. (Itasca, Ill.).

"Cable grab" was invented by Daniel Aleksovski (Irondale, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable grab for a fall protection system includes a channel for receiving a safety wire, a cam structured to grab the safety wire in the event of a fall, a lever structured to rotate and cause the cam to grab the safety wire in the event of a fall, and an energy absorber having a working length, a normal webbing portion, and a connection point, wherein the working length or the normal webbing portion are structured to engage the lever in the event of a fall."

The patent was...