ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,070, issued on May 19, was assigned to CRANIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).
"Custom headwear manufactured by additive manufacture" was invented by Timothy R Littlefield (Phoenix), Jerold N Luisi (Phoenix) and George E Kechter (Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Custom manufactured headwear for a subject's head is provided. The headwear comprises an inner layer shaped to contact the head of the subject at predetermined areas. The inner layer is deposited by an additive manufacturing device. The headwear further comprises an outer layer deposited by the additive manufacturing device. The inner layer and the outer layer are...