US Patent Issued to Riddell on June 23 for "Connector assembly for use with a chin strap assembly for a football helmet" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,569, issued on June 23, was assigned to Riddell Inc. (Des Plaines, Ill.).

"Connector assembly for use with a chin strap assembly for a football helmet" was invented by Andrew Tryner (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Vittorio Bologna (Des Plaines, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective sports helmet that includes a chin strap system that allows for rapid, one-handed adjustment of a chin strap assembly by the player while he/she is wearing the helmet is provided. The chin strap assembly includes a protective chin cup and a pair of straps extending from opposed sides of the chin cup and having a plurality of securing elements. The assem...