US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 14 for "Enhanced dynamic energy dissipation by slotted apertures of soft-to-hard goods connections" (Rhode Island, Virginia, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,383, issued on April 14, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy.

"Enhanced dynamic energy dissipation by slotted apertures of soft-to-hard goods connections" was invented by Paul V Cavallaro (Raynham, Mass.), Michael P Smith (Warwick, R.I.), Megan A Matson (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Christine C Schleicher (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soft-to-hard goods connector is provided which includes an elastomeric bladder having a preform layer and an outer textile layer enclosing the preform layer. The outer textile layer has at least one skin extension layer extending ...