ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,363, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MSA Technology LLC (Cranberry Township, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for releasably connecting a helmet liner and headband assembly" was invented by David J. Losos (Portersville, Pa.) and Maxwell R. Naar (Doylestown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for a helmet having a configurable headband assembly. A helmet includes a helmet liner having a plurality of headband attachment points, each headband attachment point including a first opening for receiving and holding a primary attachment structure; and a second opening for receiving a locking pin. A headband assembl...