ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,144, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG (Wetter-Volmarstein, Germany).

"Holder for connecting a neck strap to the helmet shell of a helmet" was invented by Daniel Kunzli (Mellingen, Switzerland), Mattia Carotto (Quinto Vicentino, Italy) and Lukas Tamajka (Herdecke, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder includes a fastening section for fastening to a helmet shell and a coupling section for connecting to a neck strap. The coupling section has a first side, a second side, a first marginal section, a second marginal section, and one or more connection bridges that each permanently connect the firs...