ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,587, issued on June 24, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Hard hat with fan" was invented by Caleb C. Adams (Milwaukee), Trent T. Bauters (West Allis, Wis.), Jesse J. Brown (Milwaukee), Bryce M. Lee (Glendale, Wis.), Samuel L. Lombardi (Milwaukee), James C. Popp (Milwaukee), Christopher Sosnowski (Milwaukee), Thomas S. Whitburn (Milwaukee) and Todd A. Zeilinger (Wauwatosa, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various hard hat fan systems are provided. In a certain embodiment, fan system includes an impact absorbing layer with a channel that defines a recessed surface which extends into the impact absor...