ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,667, issued on July 29, 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 a protective helmet with at least one first inflatable chamber for moving between a rest condition in a deflated status and an operating condition in an inflated status, and a wearable element including an inflator unit and an activation system to trigger the inflator unit if a danger situation for the us...