US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Headband with impact protection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,635, issued on July 28.

"Headband with impact protection" was invented by Adrienne Yeung (San Jose, Calif.) and C. Douglass Thomas (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective clothing device having an article of clothing having an inner layer and/or an outer layer is disclosed. The protective clothing device may have thin force absorbing members coupled to the inner layer or outer layer of the article of clothing. The force absorbing members can have overlapping or interlaced portions for enhanced protection even when the protective clothing device expands. In one embodiment, the protective clothing device may be a ...