ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,225, issued on June 17, was assigned to VICIS IP LLC (New York).
"Position-specific helmet protection" was invented by Cord Santiago (Seattle), Kurt Fischer (Edmonds, Wash.), Travis Glover (Seattle), Valerie V. Carricaburu (Bellevue, Wash.), Adam Frank (Seattle), Andre Stone (Lynnwood, Wash.), Jason Neubauer (Sammamish, Wash.), Per Reinhall (Seattle) and David Marver (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are devices and methods for optimizing a protective helmet or other item of protective clothing with one or more enhanced principal impact zones and/or impact elements that incorporate protective features that can be part...