ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,947, issued on June 3, was assigned to DoubleThree LLC (Laguna Beach, Calif.).
"Helmet and chin strap" was invented by Frank Hermansen (Corona del Mar, Calif.) and Carl Winefordner (Laguna Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet comprises a shell having a front portion, a rear portion, and a pair of lateral portions extending between the front portion and the rear portion. The shell is sized and configured to be placeable on the head of a user. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a pair of end portions and an intermediate portion located between the pair of end portions. The end portions are fixedly conn...