US Patent Issued to VICIS IP on April 21 for "Shoulder pad system with ribbed external stiffening arch" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,614, issued on April 21, was assigned to VICIS IP LLC (New York).

"Shoulder pad system with ribbed external stiffening arch" was invented by Jason Neubauer (Sammamish, Wash.), Jose Santiago (Seattle) and Noah Lanphear (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoulder pad system for protecting a wearer includes a first arch member and a second arch member that cooperatively define a neck opening for the wearer and that arch from a front side to a back side of the shoulder pad system. The shoulder pad system also includes an arch stiffener that arches and attaches over the first arch member. The arch stiffener includes a front edge d...