ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,296, issued on March 18.
"Band for preventing contact of injury" was invented by Andrew Lee (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injury contact prevention band includes an injury cover portion and a fastening portion. The injury cover portion covers a part of a body including an injury. The fastening portion fastens the injury cover portion to the body. A plurality of injury opening holes cutting through a thickness of the injury cover portion to expose the injury. The fastening portion includes a first fastening member, a second fastening member, and a connecting member. The first fastening member extends from an end o...