US Patent Issued to SPORT MASKA on Jan. 13 for "Foam-plastic protector" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,886, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SPORT MASKA INC. (St-Laurent, Canada).

"Foam-plastic protector" was invented by Jean-Francois Beland (Montreal, Canada) and Brian Steenbrink (Pointe-Claire, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foam-plastic protector includes a foam insert having a front surface and a rear surface. A plastic sleeve is harder than the foam insert and has a base and an overlapping portion spaced from the base to define a gap. The foam insert is received against the base and inter-locked with the plastic sleeve. A covered portion of the foam insert is positioned within the gap and covered by the overlapping por...