ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,078, issued on June 16, was assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LLC (Exeter, N.H.).
"Sporting goods including microlattice structures" was invented by Stephen J. Davis (Van Nuys, Calif.) and Dewey Chauvin (Simi Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sport helmet may include a first surface and a second surface opposite one another, and a lattice formed of flexible polymeric material, configured to deform from an initial shape upon an impact on the sport helmet and recover the initial shape thereafter to absorb at least part of the impact."
The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/386,924.
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