US Patent Issued to VICIS IP on Dec. 9 for "Sports shoulder pads with hybrid foam body pad" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,783, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VICIS IP LLC (New York).

"Sports shoulder pads with hybrid foam body pad" was invented by Fred Williams (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Scott Williams (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoulder pad assembly has main body cushions consisting of a plurality of different types of foam material joined together to result in a hybrid pad structure constructed from slow-response foam and open-cell foam. A main body cushion is constructed from a first sheet or panel of slow response foam disposed over the torso of the wearer, a second sheet or panel of slow-response foam disposed over the bac...