ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,813, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC (Exeter, N.H.).

"Systems and methods for mounting a faceguard to a helmet" was invented by Jacques Durocher (St-Jerome, Canada), Marie-Claude Genereux (Sainte-Therese, Canada) and Charles-Antoine Desrochers (Mirabel, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet for protecting a user's head, in which mounting of a faceguard to the helmet is facilitated, notably by clipping of the faceguard using a clip comprising openings to receive fasteners connecting the clip to the helmet, and a mount configured for placement of the faceguard thereon to mount the faceguard to the clip whil...