ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,682, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Sport Safe Systems Inc. (Burlington, Canada).

"Energy absorption soft-sided corner assembly for gate-opening sections and gates of dasher board assemblies" was invented by Roger Noseworthy (Burlington, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorption corner assembly for gate-opening sections and gates of dasher board assemblies for a playing zone having a playing zone comprising: an elongate core section comprising a polymer material having a first durometer; a sheet of the polymer material having a second durometer, wherein the second durometer is greater than the first durometer, wh...