ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,230, issued on June 17, was assigned to SPORT MASKA INC. (St-Laurent, Canada).
"Sport helmet" was invented by Pierre-Luc Beauchamp (Montreal, Canada), Thierry Petelle (Montreal, Canada), Philippe Martin (Chambly, Canada), Brian Steenbrink (Pointe-Claire, Canada) and Simon-Pierre Germain (Granby, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective sport helmet includes an outer shell, and an inner padding mounted within the outer shell for at least partially covering the wearer's head, the inner padding defining a base face oriented toward the wearer's head and at least one pedestal extending from the base face away from the outer shel...