ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,720, issued on March 31, was assigned to THEOKO GMBH (Reinach, Switzerland).
"Impact protector" was invented by Oktay Arslan (Reinach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an impact protector (1), in particular for protection against external forces, comprising a base body (2) with an inner side (5) and an outer side (6). The base body (2) is preferably convexly curved outwards. The base body (2) is made of a cork material, in particular a pressed cork material. Furthermore, the invention relates to a textile holding device with an impact protector according to the invention."
The patent w...