US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON & VICIS IP on June 17 for "Layered materials and structures for enhanced impact absorption" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,226, issued on June 17, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON & VICIS IP LLC (New York).

"Layered materials and structures for enhanced impact absorption" was invented by Per Reinhall (Seattle), Paul C. Leonard (Woodinville, Wash.), Travis Edward Glover (Seattle), Andre Hunter Paggao Stone (Seattle), Anton Perry Alferness (Seattle), Kurt V. Fischer (Edmonds, Wash.), Gary S. Kaplan (Mountain View, Calif.), John T. Dardis II (Seattle) and Samuel R. Browd (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garment worn by a wearer has an exterior shell and an interior shell with various impact absorbing material between the exterior shell and ...