US Patent Issued to DoubleThree on Oct. 21 for "Incrementally adjustable and pivotable semi-rigid retention strap for a helmet" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,647, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DoubleThree LLC (Laguna Beach, Calif.).

"Incrementally adjustable and pivotable semi-rigid retention strap for a helmet" 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 includes a shell having a front portion, a crown portion, and a rear portion. The helmet additionally includes a chin strap having a first attachment body and a second attachment body defining a strap length therebetween, with the chin strap being configured to allow for selective adjustment of the strap length. The first attachment body ...