Patent 11759662 was granted and assigned to 3M on September, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A fall-protection apparatus with a rotationally-activated braking device including at least one first pawl that is a velocity-actuated pawl and at least one second pawl that is an acceleration-actuated pawl, the at least one first pawl and the at least one second pawl being independently actuated and independently functioning.