US Patent Issued to Bell Sports on March 31 for "Multi-layer helmet and method for making the same" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,726, issued on March 31, was assigned to Bell Sports Inc. (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

"Multi-layer helmet and method for making the same" was invented by Michael W. Lowe (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective helmet to be worn by a player engaged in a sport comprises a flexible outer shell and a multi-layer liner assembly disposed within the outer shell. The multi-layer liner assembly includes an inner-layer, a middle-layer and an outer-layer, and permits relative rotational movement between said layers when the helmet is worn by the player and receives an impact. The inner-layer is made from a first material w...