US Patent Issued to The Blacksmith Brand on July 28 for "Lower extremity combat training device" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,357, issued on July 28, was assigned to The Blacksmith Brand LLC (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Lower extremity combat training device" was invented by Petros Amanatidis (Tempe, Ariz.), Bastien Jourde (Montreal) and Benoit Labelle (Blainville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is for a lower extremity combat training device. The lower extremity combat training device has a shin guard, a knee guard, and a dorsum guard. The knee guard is an extension of the shin guard. A padded medial side and a padded lateral side extend into the knee guard and are, additionally, a medial side of the knee guard and a lateral side of the k...