ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,015, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Hard hat lamp attachment system" was invented by Steven W. Hyma (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hard hat with symmetric front and back mounting ridges to support a headlamp is described. The hard hat provides mounting ridges to receive insertion slots of a rigid mounting bracket that fit around the ridges. The rigid mounting bracket includes channels to loop a strap through the channels and support a lamp on the bracket. The strap may include a hook and loop fastener system to enable attachment of a variety of lamps to the rigid sup...