ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,868, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Schuberth GmbH (Magdeburg, Germany).
"Protective helmet" was invented by Sebastian Reitebuch (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorcycle helmet, having a helmet shell, a chin part for covering a chin portion of a wearer, and a visor, uses a coupling mechanism by means of which the chin part is fastened to the helmet shell and pivotable between a lower position and an upper position. With the chin part in the lower position, by means of the coupling mechanism, the visor can assume a respective pivoting position between a closed position and an open position. The coupling mechanism is fur...