ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,607, issued on June 9, was assigned to DRAGER SAFETY AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).

"Process for a safety helmet with telescopically adjustable head size" was invented by Jan Musow (Lubeck, Germany), Mohamed Houssem Harbi (Lubeck, Germany), Steffen Pracht (Lubeck, Germany) and Jasser Rahmatyan (Lubeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety helmet with a helmet shell, with a bearing ring, with a rotatable actuating element (14) and with a transmission unit (15.1, 15.2). The transmission unit (15.1, 15.2) transmits a rotation of the actuating element to the bearing ring, so that the head size provided is changed. A helmet sh...