US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 5 for "Chin protector, assembly and kit of parts therewith and method of retrofitting a chin protector" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,268, issued on May 5, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Chin protector, assembly and kit of parts therewith and method of retrofitting a chin protector" was invented by Peter L. Axelsson (Borlange, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a chin protector 10, 10', 10" to be attached to a protective face shield 100, 100' or a protective helmet 200. The present disclosure further relates to an assembly 300, 300' of a protective face shield 100, 100' and a chin protector 10, 10', 10" as well as to an assembly 400 of a protective helmet 200 and a chin protector 10, 10', 10". Mor...