US Patent Issued to LEATT on May 13 for "Helmet" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,443, issued on May 13, was assigned to LEATT Corp. (Santa Clarita, Calif.).

"Helmet" was invented by Pieter Andre Keevy (Durbanville, Germany) and Jorn Peter Steffens (Oldenburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet has an outer shell, an impact absorbing liner inside the outer shell to receive loads from the outer shell and an inner liner disposed inside the impact absorbing liner, with the inner liner configured to slide relative to the impact absorbing liner. The inner liner defines a number of apertures and a deflector inside each aperture. Each deflector has a body that is connectable to the impact absorbing liner; a ...