US Patent Issued to Trek Bicycle on Aug. 11 for "Cycling helmet" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,181, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Trek Bicycle Corp. (Waterloo, Wis.).

"Cycling helmet" was invented by Jesse Lawrence Garrison (Madison, Wis.), Anthony Albert White (Madison, Wis.) and Alan Baryudin (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cycling helmet includes an outer shell and a closed cell foam layer adjacent to the outer shell. The cycling helmet also includes an inner liner adjacent to the closed cell foam layer. The cycling helmet further includes an insert of energy absorbing material adjacent to the inner liner. The insert is configured to move in multiple directions in response to an impact to the cycling he...