ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,180, issued on March 4, was assigned to SCHUTT SPORTS IP LLC (Litchfield, Ill.).
"Helmet with custom-fit liner" was invented by Louis Anthony Vanhoutin (Iuka, Ill.), Vincent R. Long (St. Peters, Mo.), Nathan Loucks (Litchfield, Ill.) and Richard Groff III (Litchfield, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sports helmet kit has a shell, attachable face guard, composite helmet liner, and fit pods to improve and customize the fit of the helmet to the wearer. The composite liner consists of a base liner and a selected group of fit elements, for example, fit pods, removably attached to the inner surface of the base liner (i.e., the surfac...