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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
Brian Hoying, St Louis, MO (US);
Kevin Bowman, Washington, MO (US);
Art Chou, Clarkson Valley, MO (US);
Michael A Lorenz, Gahanna, OH (US);
Kevin J Vititoe, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/06 (2006.01); A42B 3/12 (2006.01); A42B 3/16 (2006.01); A63B 71/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A42B 3/063 (2013.01); A42B 3/06 (2013.01); A42B 3/069 (2013.01); A42B 3/12 (2013.01); A42B 3/128 (2013.01); A42B 3/16 (2013.01); A63B 71/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A batting helmet having localized impact protection comprises a rigid shell with a padded inner core affixed therein. Localized impact protection comprises additional padding attached to the inner core, increased thickness of the rigid shell, increased stiffness of the rigid shell, and additional padding attached to the rigid shell, alone or in combination, positioned in various regions of the helmet.