US Patent Issued to Picone Products on July 29 for "Protective pad assembly with self-retaining device" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,655, issued on July 29, was assigned to Picone Products L.L.C (Louisburg, N.C.).

"Protective pad assembly with self-retaining device" was invented by John A. Picone (Louisburg, N.C.) and Joseph M. Pardillo (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective pad assembly for removably positioning on an arm or a leg of a user of the protective pad assembly for protecting an elbow or a knee of the user. The protective pad assembly comprises an outer protective unit including a protective cushion pad configured to protect the elbow or the knee of the user from impact, and a self-retaining device mounted to the outer protective uni...