US Patent Issued to Riddell on March 3 for "System and method of assembling a protective sports helmet" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,777, issued on March 3, was assigned to Riddell Inc. (Des Plaines, Ill.).

"System and method of assembling a protective sports helmet" was invented by Vittorio Bologna (Des Plaines, Ill.), Murphy Gillogly (Des Plaines, Ill.), Andrew Tryner (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Thad M. Ide (Des Plaines, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A partial bespoke protective sports equipment to be worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity is provided. The partial bespoke sports equipment system includes methods for acquiring, storing and processing a player's unique data, namely the anatomical features of the body part against which the partial bespo...