ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,070, issued on April 29, was assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG (Wetter-Volmarstein, Germany).
"Modular helmet system" was invented by Yannik Thomas (Wetter, Germany) and Frank Riederer (Dortmund, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular helmet system comprises a helmet and a chin bar detachably mountable to the helmet. The helmet comprises two receiving-brackets. The chin bar may be inserted into the receiving-brackets of the helmet with its two ends in front in a substantially straight line, wherein the chin bar is lockable in the receiving-brackets in an end position. Each of the two receiving-brackets comprises two...