ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,094, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bell Sports Inc. (Scotts Valley, Calif.).
"Truncated helmet" was invented by Alexander J. Szela (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet with an outer shell, an inner liner, a plurality of vents, and an occipital cliff is disclosed. The outer shell includes an outer surface made up of a first and second surface, the first and second surfaces joined by a drop-off running across the outer surface from a left side of the helmet to a right side of the helmet. A majority of the drop-off is closer to a coronal plane bisecting the helmet than it is to the rear of the helmet. The drop-...