US Patent Issued to Bell Sports on Sept. 29 for "System and method for forming protective sports helmet for a player engaged in a sports activity" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,817, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Bell Sports Inc. (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

"System and method for forming protective sports helmet for a player engaged in a sports activity" was invented by Christopher T. Pietrzak (Ben Lomond, Calif.) and Michael W. Lowe (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective sports helmet, such as a football helmet, to be worn by a player while playing a sports activity, such as football activities. The helmet includes a shell configured to receive a head of the player. An energy attenuation layer includes a three-dimensional (3D) printed pad member that is removably positioned adja...