ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,972, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Wilcox Industries Corp. (Newington, N.H.).
"Reclining helmet mount apparatus" was invented by James W. Teetzel (Portsmouth, N.H.), Gary M. Lemire (Lee, N.H.) and Patrick K. Graham (Kittery, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet mount apparatus includes a track assembly and a sliding carriage assembly slidable coupled to the track assembly. A combined vertical adjustment and pivot assembly pivotally is coupled to the sliding carriage assembly, wherein the combined vertical adjustment and pivot assembly includes a bracket for attaching a viewing device."
The patent was filed on May 3, 20...