ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,229, issued on June 17.
"Helmet" was invented by Haydn Clive Everitt-Penhale (Camp's Bay, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet includes a shell, a chin guard, a runner on the chin guard and a connector. The connector pivotally secures the chin guard to the shell and includes: (i) a track that: is sized to permit the chin guard runner to travel there along; and is rotatably connected to the shell about an axis of rotation, such that the track is able to rotate relative to the shell through at least 120 degrees between an operative position and a stowed position; (ii) a retainer at or near a first axial end of the track, whic...