US Patent Issued to SPORT MASKA on July 15 for "Protective shoulder pads with adjustable front panel" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,040, issued on July 15, was assigned to SPORT MASKA INC..

"Protective shoulder pads with adjustable front panel" was invented by Marie-Jeanne Handfield (Montreal, Canada) and Ryan Brownridge (Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protective shoulder pads, having: a neck portion defining a neck opening; shoulder portions attached to the neck portion; and a front panel assembly extending from the neck portion. The front panel assembly includes: a central panel secured to the neck portion in a fixed position and extending downwardly from the neck portion along a centerline of the protective shoulder pad, side pane...