US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on July 14 for "Wearable protection for outdoor workers" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,899, issued on July 14, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Wearable protection for outdoor workers" was invented by Adim Baqer Alnasser (Qatif, Saudi Arabia), Hala El-Wakeel (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Najla Alrumaihi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Noran Kattan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Bothaina Rafaa Alamri (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable protective apparatus for outdoor workers includes a helmet having a rigid shell, a cape configured to provide sun shading, and a guide mechanism integrated into the helmet. The cape is operably mounted on the guide mechanism. The gu...