Patents by Inventor Coliln Ballantyne

Coliln Ballantyne has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Protecting device for the neck
    Patent number: 8938820
    Abstract: A protective device for the neck, such as a neck brace, with a substantially rigid closed structure around the neck and adapted to sit on the user's torso includes means for temporarily changing the device's shape so as to reduce the natural gap between the upper brace surface and the lower rim of the helmet, thereby creating a supplementary transmission path for compressive forces exerted upon the device towards the torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Alpinestars Research SRL
    Inventors: Giovanni Mazzarolo, Coliln Ballantyne