ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,959, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ventete Ltd. (London).
"Inflatable helmet" was invented by Colin Herperger (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable helmet including a plurality of elongate inflatable members, each elongate inflatable member having at least one chamber wall defining an inflatable chamber; wherein at least two adjacent elongate inflatable members are in fluid communication with each other; and wherein the plurality of elongate inflatable members are inflatable so as to adjust the inflatable helmet from a collapsed state to an inflated state in which at least one pair of adjacent elongate members abu...