ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,897, issued on May 19, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Equestrian helmet star system" was invented by Lauren Duma (Blacksburg, Va.), Barry Miller (Blacksburg, Va.), Mark Begonia (Christiansburg, Va.), Steve Rowson (Blacksbur, Va.) and Stefan Duma (Blacksburg, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relating to methods for evaluating injury mitigation performance of helmets that are used for sports (e.g., equestrian sports) are described. In one embodiment, a method for evaluating injury mitigation performance of an equestrian helmet includes applying a first impact configur...