ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,221, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Wm. T. Burnett IP LLC (Baltimore).
"Body pad" was invented by Kimberly Andes (Harrogate, Great Britain) and Bryan Hammer (Camillus, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a body pad having a protective layer mounted on a compressible substrate, for absorbing energy from impacts to the body of a user wearing the body pad. Embodiments may provide a chest protector including a chest pad having a protective layer mounted on a compressible substrate, for absorbing energy from impacts to a chest of a user wearing the chest protector."
The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2024, under Appli...