ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,228, issued on June 17, was assigned to Welshco LLC (Lawton, Okla.).

"Replacement strap for helmet suspension" was invented by Geoffrey Welsh (Lawton, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replacement rear strap assembly is provided for use on a helmet that has a headgear assembly. The headgear assembly has a front strap, a top strap, a pair of hubs between the front strap and top strap, and a pair of connection bosses extending from the pair of hubs. The replacement rear strap assembly includes a pair of adapter rings and a replacement strap extending between the pair of adapter rings. In some embodiments, each of the pair of adapt...