ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,719, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ampac Enterprises Inc. (Shirley, Mass.).
"Chest protector" was invented by Richard Person (Shirley, Mass.), Stan M. Jurga Jr. (Shirley, Mass.), Austin Rodrick (Shirley, Mass.) and Ya Chi Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chest pad that significantly reduces the occurrence of commotio cordis among athletes is disclosed. The chest pad may be utilized as a stand-alone chest protector intended to provide coverage primarily for the upper chest wall and the cardiac area. The chest pad may also be implanted into or utilized in traditional chest protectors that provide fu...