ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,001, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Fox Head Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Protective guard with floating knee pad" was invented by Ryan G. Van Noy (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Thanh T. Nguyen (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Jazmine M. DeGiacomo (Westminster, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee guard for protecting the knee of a wearer is provided including an inner sleeve that fits over the knee of the wearer covering at least front and left and right side portions of a leg of the wearer proximate the knee joint, a knee guard including an outer layer positioned over the inner sleeve proximate the knee joint and slidable with respect t...