ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,948, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Optrel Holding AG (Wattwil, Switzerland).
"Head protection device with holding unit and protection unit" was invented by Jasper Brouwer (Stafa, Switzerland) and Jonathan Heusser (Uerikon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection device comprises a head-fastening unit for fastening to a user's head and comprises a holding unit that is configured for connecting at least one protection unit to the head-fastening unit for the user's protection, wherein the holding unit is configured for connecting at least one further protection unit to the head-fastening unit."
The patent was filed o...