ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,754, issued on May 26, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Safety headwear systems and coupling mechanisms therefor" was invented by Caleb C. Adams (Milwaukee) and Patrick W. McCarthy (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling assembly for safety headwear is provided. The coupling assembly includes one or more apertures within safety headwear, such as a hard hat, and a coupling structure that couples to the one or more apertures. The coupling structure includes one or more surfaces that interface with the safety headwear. The coupling structure includes a protrusion that defines one or more wid...