ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,883, issued on July 21, was assigned to ZEDEL (Crolles, France).
"Roping harness with ventral suspension point" was invented by Simon Emonin (Crolles, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roping harness comprises a belt and leg loops joined by a leg loop connection. A connector keeps the belt and the pair of leg loops together, the latter each passing through a connection ring of the connector. The belt and leg loop connection are movable with respect to one another and with respect to the body. The connector has a body, a rotation shaft and a first D-ring mounted rotatable with respect to the body around the rotation shaft. The f...