ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,665, issued on April 22.
"Compressible damping system for head protection" was invented by Donald Edward Morgan (Brisbane, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body part protector includes an inner layer defining an interior space that is configured to be occupied by a human body part, an outer layer connected to the inner layer and forming at least one chamber therebetween, and a plurality of separate dampers. A damper is at least partially disposed in the chamber. Each damper extends into the interior space along a respective longitudinal axis. Each damper has an outer end disposed at a fixed position relative to the outer lay...