ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,156, issued on June 30, was assigned to Wilcox Industries Corp. (Newington, N.H.).
"Reclining helmet mount apparatus" was invented by James W. Teetzel (Portsmouth, N.H.), Gary M. Lemire (Lee, N.H.) and Patrick K. Graham (Kittery, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A helmet mount apparatus for adjusting the position of a viewing device on a helmet includes a track assembly removably attachable to the helmet and a main carriage assembly slidably attached to and movable along the track assembly. A vertical adjustment assembly is pivotally coupled to the main carriage assembly and an axial sliding assembly is coupled to the vertical ad...