US Patent Issued on Nov. 18 for "System and method for forming protective sports equipment for a customer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,656, issued on Nov. 18.

"System and method for forming protective sports equipment for a customer" was invented by Christopher T. Pietrzak (Ben Lomond, Calif.) and Michael W. Lowe (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A custom-fitted protective sports equipment and a method of making the same can comprise, at a first location, obtaining head data for a customer's head comprising a length, a width, and at least one head contour. With at least one processor, generating a computerized three-dimensional (3D) headform matching the customer's head length, width, and head contour from the head data. The 3D headform can be compa...