ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,627, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Pinlock Patent B.V. (Lelystad, Netherlands).
"Visor assembly" was invented by Paul Wilhelmus Lipkens (Meeuwen-Gruitrode, Belgium) and Herman De Boer (Huizen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a visor assembly (1), preferably for the motorcycle helmet, comprising a shield-visor (2) having a surface, an overlay-visor (6) adapted to be releasably attached to the shield-visor, the overlay-visor comprising a viewing area, an integrally formed spacer (7) extending along at least a portion of a periphery of the viewing area, and a gasket (8) upon a distal surface of the spac...