US Patent Issued on May 13 for "Deflecting sound waves away from an ear of a wearer of a sports protective helmet" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,446, issued on May 13.

"Deflecting sound waves away from an ear of a wearer of a sports protective helmet" was invented by Sebastian Schaefer (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus, and methods for reducing the decibel levels of sound originated external to a sports protective helmet may minimize deleterious effects to the hearing of the individual wearing the sports protective helmet. Through use of a sound-deflecting apparatus that is coupled to an interior surface or to an exterior surface of the sports protective helmet proximate an ear hole, decibel volumes may be constructively reduced by deflecting high freq...