US Patent Issued to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH on Sept. 9 for "Garment comprising an inflatable protection device" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,711, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A. (Maser, Italy).

"Garment comprising an inflatable protection device" was invented by Giovanni Mazzarolo (Coste di Maser, Italy) and Lorenzo Nardo (Ponzano Veneto, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment (1) comprising an inflatable protection device (10) and a housing (2), the inflatable protection device (10) comprising at least one inflatable bag (12) housed in the housing (2) and designed to move between a rest condition, where it is in a deflated status and an operating condition, where it is in an inflated status and inflation means (14) connected with t...