US Patent Issued to Wilson Sporting Goods on June 16 for "Sports upper body protective gear" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,251, issued on June 16, was assigned to Wilson Sporting Goods Co. (Chicago).

"Sports upper body protective gear" was invented by Matthew J. Dierkes (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sports upper body protective gear may include a padded chest portion to extend over a chest of a sport participant and shoulder portions extending from the padded chest portion over shoulders of the sport participant. Each of the shoulder portions may include a shoulder pocket to removably receive a moldable and hardenable protective insert panel."

The patent was filed on Oct. 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/498,936.

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