ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,286, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to GOOD SPORTSMAN MARKETING LLC (Irving, Texas).

"Two-way radio device for hearing protection devices" was invented by Howard Unger (Henderson, Nev.) and Daniel Dvorak (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-way radio device for hearing protection devices provides communication capabilities to users wearing hearing protection devices, which would ordinarily hinder or block communication. The two-way radio device removably attaches to a portion of a hearing protection device and connects to the speakers thereof. One or more wireless transceivers provide wireless transmission of audio ...