ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,652, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ATOMIC Austria GmbH (Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria).
"Sport helmet assembly" was invented by Peter Kuschnigg (Bad Reichenhall, Germany), Daniel Rietzler (Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria) and Peter Wirthenstatter (Oberalm, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sport helmet assembly includes a helmet with a helmet shell and a visor. On its front side, the helmet shell with a helmet shell edge defines an upwardly-limited facial clearance. The visor includes upper and lower visor edge regions. A left bearing arrangement for the visor has a left sliding guide and a left pivot axis, and a right bear...