ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,854, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to VICIS IP LLC (New York).
"Impact absorbing structures for athletic helmet" was invented by Andre H.P. Stone (Seattle), Anton P. Alferness (Seattle), Mike Czerski (Seattle), Jason Neubauer (Seattle) and Adam Frank (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet includes an outer shell, an impact absorbing layer positioned inside the outer shell, and a foam layer interior to the impact absorbing layer. The impact absorbing layer includes a plurality of impact absorbing structures positioned inside the outer shell, wherein at least a portion of the outer shell is flexible to transmit an impact fo...