US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 14 for "Protective headwear with airflow" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,902, issued on July 14, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Protective headwear with airflow" was invented by William P. Gardner (Appleton, Wis.), Nishank R. Patel (Appleton, Wis.), Eric T. Sommers (Appleton, Wis.) and John C. Mehnert (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a protective headwear is provided and includes a headgear, an outer shell, a duct and a manifold. The headgear is configured to engage a wearer's head and at least partially support the protective headwear on a wearer's head. The headgear includes a front, a rear opposite the front, a right side, and a left side opposit...