US Patent Issued to EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS on April 1 for "Attachment features for batting helmets" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,774, issued on April 1, was assigned to EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS LLC (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

"Attachment features for batting helmets" was invented by Ryan Melofchik (San Diego) and Tazo Osawa (West Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batting helmet system includes sockets facing the interior region of the helmet shell to receive clip elements for holding a chin strap or to receive plate elements for supporting a face protector. A clip element includes a base portion, a hook portion extending from the base portion, and a projection positioned on an end of the hook portion and extending toward the base portion. The base porti...