ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,258, issued on Dec. 23.

"Ballistic headwear system" was invented by Daniel F. Saad (Greer, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ballistic garment includes a fabric hat and an insert received within an interior of the fabric hat. The insert includes a plurality of flexible ballistic sheets mounted together to collectively form the insert. The insert further includes a rear bottom edge. The insert is configured such that the rear bottom edge of the insert extends to an occipital ridge of a wearer when the insert is on the wearer."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2023, under Application No. 18/364,077.

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