Patents Assigned to Hobart-Mayfield LLC
  • Publication number: 20180125141
    Abstract: A helmet having a semi-soft outer shell adjacent to a web and spaced apart from a tight fitting inner shell. The semi-soft outer shell is made from a high absorbent material. The web is made of a plurality of strips that compress on impact and become more rigid the more they are compressed. An air space separates the web from the inner shell. The inner shell is also made of the soft and highly absorbent material that the outer shell is made from. The inner shell is configured to be tightly fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Hobart-Mayfield, LLC
    Inventor: Justin Summerville
  • Patent number: 9750298
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing face guard connector for an athletic helmet such as a helmet worn in American football, ice hockey, cricket, or baseball and softball. The shock-absorbing face guard connector couples a face guard to the athletic helmet, and can absorb some or all of the forces resulting from a strike to the face guard amid play. The shock-absorbing face guard connector includes a compressible piece that can compressible yield when the face guard is struck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hobart-Mayfield LLC
    Inventor: Justin H. Summerville