US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Shoulder transfer weight support system and face shield" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,662, issued on July 28.

"Shoulder transfer weight support system and face shield" was invented by Leroy Truelove III (Wilmington, N.C.), William Buchanan (Wrightsville Beach, N.C.) and Richard S. Moore Jr. (Wilmington, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoulder transfer weight support generally having a hip or waist belt, a back support, and one or more shoulder extensions. The back support has an upper back plate attached to the shoulder extensions and a lower back plate attached to one or more hip belts. The lower back plate features a bracket shaped to receive an end of the attachment bar that joins it to the upper back plate....