ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,743, issued on March 3, was assigned to Werner Co. (Itasca, Ill.).
"Self-retracting lifeline system" was invented by Kendal King (Mars, Pa.), Tracee Leonardson (Ashtabula, Ohio) and Cody Rappoport (Greenville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-retracting lifeline system including a self-retracting lifeline including a retracting device and webbing extending from the retracting device, and a backpack energy absorber configured to attach to a harness at a back of a user wearing the harness, wherein the webbing includes a first end attached to the retracting device and a second end attached to the backpack energy absorber."
The...