ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,897, issued on July 14, was assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC (Exeter, N.H.).
"Helmet for impact protection" was invented by Jean-Francois Laperriere (Prevost, Canada), Thierry Krick (Coteau-du-Lac, Canada), Jacques Durocher (Saint-Jerome, Canada), Ryan Ouckama (Montreal), Marie-Claude Genereux (Sainte-Therese, Canada), Denis Cote (Saint-Colomban, Canada), Philippe Jean (Terrebonne, Canada), Ken Covo (Pointe-Claire, Canada), Garnet Alexander (Beaconsfield, Canada) and Jean-Marie Bidal (Saint-Jerome, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player...