ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,029, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Jackal Jaw LLC (Katonah, N.Y.).

"Chinstrap for helmet" was invented by Matthew S. Ganes (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chinstrap for a helmet. The chinstrap includes a chin cup to receive a helmet wearer's chin and a protective structure for supporting the chin cup. The chinstrap also includes an attachment assembly to secure the chin cup to straps used to secure the chinstrap to the helmet."

The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/939,058.

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