ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,377, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).
"Reinforced face protection accessories for hard hats" was invented by Carl Heinemark (Tenhult, Sweden), Mikael Arvidsson (Jonkoping, Sweden), Mats Lawenius (Gothenburg, Sweden), Daniel Lovenback (Sollebrunn, Sweden), Guillaume Descamps (Stockholm) and Gustav Landberg (Trosa, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A face protection accessory (110) for assembly with a protective helmet (100) to protect a wearer (300) during a cut-off tool kickback event, wherein the accessory (110) comprises a U-shaped supporting frame (115) extending between left and right templ...