ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,728, issued on March 31, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Hard hat communication system" was invented by Samuel L. Lombardi (Milwaukee), Caleb R. Meadows (Milwaukee), Brandon L. Feil (Brookfield, Wis.), Todd Andrew Zeilinger (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Addie M. Payne (Milwaukee), Jesse J. Brown (Milwaukee) and Hunter Blaise Schaufel (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a hard hat communication system are provided. The hard hat includes a shell having an external surface and an internal surface that defines a cavity sized to receive the head of a wearer. In various embodiments, the...