ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,659, issued on Sept. 30.
"Head and neck restraint device for use in motorsports" was invented by Vasily Stanislavovich Gryazin (Varna, Bulgaria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for restraining the helmet of a race driver is provided. The system includes a suit designed to be worn by the race driver and including a patch pocket disposed on the back side of the suit; a support plate including a back portion, a left shoulder portion, and a right shoulder portion, the support plate being designed to be inserted into the patch pocket; one or more tethers attached to the support plate and the helmet; a left pocket flap extended fro...