US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on July 14 for "Firefighter safety helmet system" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,640, issued on July 14, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Firefighter safety helmet system" was invented by Shahad Mohammed Al Hani (Safwa, Saudi Arabia), Hala El-Wakeel (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Hawra Alsaud (Safwa, Saudi Arabia) and Mai Shukri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety helmet for a firefighter includes an outer shield having a neck opening and a front opening, a hinge located on an upper region of the front opening of the outer shield, a fire-retardant foam liner, a face shield including a sensor carrier attached to the hinge, a particulate air filter, ...