ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,687, issued on Aug. 19.
"Oro-facial exerciser" was invented by Paul Younane (Petersfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oro-facial exerciser apparatus for exercising and training the muscles of the lips and cheeks of a user's face, utilizes a pair of legs that are pivotally connected together to pivot between a substantially closed together state and a splayed apart state. The legs each have a proximal end proximate the pivot and a distal end remote from the pivot having a mouth mounting formation to mount the distal end to a respective opposing location of the user's mouth and the exerciser further has a resilient ...