ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,008, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A. (Maser, Italy).
"Wearable protection device" was invented by Giovanni Mazzarolo (Coste di Maser, Italy), Lorenzo Nardo (Ponzano Veneto, Italy) and Filippo Galassini (Palazzolo dello Stella, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable protection device including at least one inflatable member for moving between a rest configuration in a deflated status and an active configuration in an inflated status. The at least one inflatable member including at least one elongated portion which departs from a connecting body and the at least one elongated portion being in flu...