US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on June 23 for "Welding-type headwear with enhanced movement and soft close" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,268, issued on June 23, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Welding-type headwear with enhanced movement and soft close" was invented by Matthew Guse (Oshkosh, Wis.), Kathryn Kleman (Oshkosh, Wis.), Lindsey Oldencamp (Kaukauna, Wis.) and Jordan Kopac III (De Pere, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for welding-type headwear with enhanced movement and soft close. An example welding-type headwear has a moveable face cover configured for moving between a first position and an second position, and a movement mechanism configured for facilitating and controlling movement of the mov...