ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,359, issued on Jan. 13.

"Hands-free smartphone holder with mouthpiece" was invented by Cooper McAllister (Woodbury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hands-free smartphone holder is provided. The hands-free smartphone holder may comprise a gripping element adapted to be removably secured to a smartphone and a mouthpiece connected to the gripping element. The mouthpiece is adapted to be held by a mouth of a user such that a camera of the smartphone shows a point of view of the user. The mouthpiece may be formed in one piece with the gripping element. Alternatively, the mouthpiece may be removably connected to the gripping element...