ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,430, issued on May 13.
"Impact absorbing composite material" was invented by Jeremy Adelson (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material for absorbing forces applied to a face of the material comprises a first plurality of shaped solids having a substantially polygonal cross-section with a number of sides (X); a second plurality of shaped solids having a base and a top, wherein the base has a substantially polygonal cross-section with X number of sides and the top has a substantially polygonal cross-section with X number of sides that is larger than the polygonal cross-section of the base and is rotated X/180 ...