US Patent Issued to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH on Dec. 2 for "Protective helmet" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,651, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A. (Maser, Italy).

"Protective helmet" was invented by Giovanni Mazzarolo (Coste di Maser, Italy), Roberto Parissenti (Sedico, Italy) and Andrea Baldan (Cassola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Protective helmet to be worn and to protect the head of a user against impacts and including a rigid outer shell delimiting an inner space for housing the head of user and including a front opening. The protective helmet includes a shield removably coupled to the outer shell and adapted to move at least between an operative position wherein the shield covers the front opening ...