US Patent Issued to BAUER HOCKEY on May 6 for "Systems and methods for fastening a faceguard to a helmet" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,127, issued on May 6, was assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC (Exeter, N.H.).

"Systems and methods for fastening a faceguard to a helmet" was invented by Jacques Durocher (Saint-Jerome, Canada), Carolyn Steele (Portsmouth, N.H.) and Marie-Claude Genereux (Sainte-Therese, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet for protecting a user's head is provided with a faceguard, in which fastening of the faceguard to the helmet is facilitated, including by retention of fastening hardware (e.g., one or more fasteners) on the faceguard before the faceguard is fastened to the helmet. This may be useful for the user or other individuals, such as at...