US Patent Issued to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH on July 1 for "Wearable protection device, method of assembling said wearable protection device and motorcycle boot comprising said wearable protection device" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,287, issued on July 1, was assigned to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A. (Maser, Italy).

"Wearable protection device, method of assembling said wearable protection device and motorcycle boot comprising said wearable protection device" was invented by Giovanni Mazzarolo (Coste di Maser, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable protection device including a modular frame with at least two shaped members and hinge means for hinging the shaped members therebetween at corresponding hinging points and around respective rotation axes. Each of the hinge means includes a pivot element and a disc element which are permanently coupled by riveti...