ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,232, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ALPINESTARS RESEARCH S.P.A. (Maser, Italy).
"Protective helmet" was invented by Giovanni Mazzarolo (Coste di Maser, Italy) and Roberto Parissenti (Sedico, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a protective helmet (1) comprising: an outer shell (10); an impact absorbing liner (12), positioned inside the outer shell (10), and a comfort liner (14), positioned at an inner surface of the impact absorbing liner (12), so as to be in contact with the user's head during the use of the protective helmet (1). The comfort liner (14) comprises at least one cheek pad (16) which ...