ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,899, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).
"Helmet" was invented by Gregory Dutour (Sherbrooke, Canada), Jerome Demers (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Antoine Tazbaz (Blainville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet has a helmet shell and a visor pivotally connected to the helmet shell. First and second helmet electrical contacts are attached at both sides of the helmet and are adapted for electrically connecting to an electrical power source. First and second visor electrical contacts are attached to each side of the visor. The first and second visor electrical contacts are i...