US Patent Issued to WALTER SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 16 for "Integrated vizor controls for a helmet and corresponding helmets" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,228, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to WALTER SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Windsor, Conn.).

"Integrated vizor controls for a helmet and corresponding helmets" was invented by James Watkins (East Taunton, Mass.) and Jason Pereira (Taunton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective helmet having a shell which at least partially delimits a head-receiving cavity is provided. The helmet includes an electronic assembly mounted to the helmet shell and having at least one controllable setting. A face-protecting member is mounted to the helmet shell; wherein the face-protecting member comprises at least one panel tab. The panel tab i...