US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 14 for "Hearing protector with spring element and a carrier" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,334, issued on July 14, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Hearing protector with spring element and a carrier" was invented by Oscar J. Karekull (Huskvarna, Sweden) and Tim S. Hjertberg (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a first aspect, the present disclosure relates to a hearing protector 10 including two earmuffs 12A, 12B each with a cushion 16A, 16B, a cup 14A, 14B and a carrier 24A, 24B. The hearing protector 10 further includes a headband 18, or alternatively two helmet mounts, with two earmuff attachment means 22A, 22B as well as a spring element 30A, 30B. The carrier 24A, 24B an...