US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS on July 21 for "Wrap-around, impact force absorbing, padded, head-impact protecting headband helmet liner" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,354, issued on July 21, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS (Boston).

"Wrap-around, impact force absorbing, padded, head-impact protecting headband helmet liner" was invented by Yong K Kim (North Dartmouth, Mass.) and Armand F. Lewis (Mattapoisett, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact protecting device includes flocked energy absorbing material (FEAM) impact force absorbing (IFA) segments. Each segment includes a double-sided flock section; a segment cover disposed covering the double-sided flock section and an outer elastic cover enclosing the plurality of FEAM IFA segments including stitching to keep the segments ...