ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,581, issued on Aug. 19.
"Mobile phone case with privacy covers" was invented by Andy Lee Johnson (Bentonville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile phone case includes a cradle for receiving the smartphone in a friction fit configuration, an upper frame portion coupled to an upper section of the cradle and a lower frame portion coupled to a lower section of the cradle via upper and lower rail assemblies, respectively. The upper and lower frame portions are slidably movable between a closed configuration covering the upper and lower microphones and the front and rear cameras of the smartphone, respectively, and an open configu...