US Patent Issued to VICONIC SPORTING on Nov. 4 for "Dual-purpose progressive stage load-distributing and absorbing system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,427, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VICONIC SPORTING LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Dual-purpose progressive stage load-distributing and absorbing system" was invented by Richard Francois Audi (Dearborn, Mich.) and Joel Matthew Cormier (Lathrup Village, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-purpose progressive stage load distributing and absorbing system that lies below a superstructure material that is exposed to percussive forces. The progressive stage load distributing and absorbing system is interposed between the superstructure material and a foundation. The system has a barrier layer that lies below the superstructure materia...