US Patent Issued to OrthoProtect Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Apparatus and method for protection of body areas upon impact" (New York, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,949, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to OrthoProtect Technologies LLC (Madison, Conn.).

"Apparatus and method for protection of body areas upon impact" was invented by Shailen Pathy (Madison, Conn.) and Gennady Kleyman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject disclosure is directed to a new and useful apparatus for protecting a user. The apparatus has an elongated belt dimensioned and configured to be worn about the waist of a user. The apparatus has at least one inflatable/deflatable airbag supported on the belt. The apparatus has an inflate/deflate pump supported on the belt which communicates with the at least on...