US Patent Issued to EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS on July 21 for "Attachment features for batting helmets" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,362, issued on July 21, was assigned to EASTON DIAMOND SPORTS LLC (St. Louis).

"Attachment features for batting helmets" was invented by Ryan Melofchik (San Diego) and Tazo Osawa (West Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batting helmet system includes sockets facing the interior region of the helmet shell to receive clip elements for holding a chin strap or to receive plate elements for supporting a face protector. A clip element includes a base portion, a hook portion extending from the base portion, and a projection positioned on an end of the hook portion and extending toward the base portion. The base portion may inclu...