ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,233, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to JSP Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Earmuff mounting device" was invented by Artin Hakimi (Oxford, Great Britain) and Clive Johnstone (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting for an earmuff (12) on headwear such as a safety helmet. The mounting includes an adapter (14) for connection to the headwear on its periphery positioned above a wearer's ear. A housing (16) is rotatably mounted on the adapter. A socket (18) has an inner end (46) mounted in the housing and an outer end (44) that projects from the housing. The socket is pivotable about an axis in the plane of rotation o...