ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,973, issued on May 13.

"Apparatus and method for providing a wireless, portable, and/or handheld, device with safety features" was invented by Gregory Thomas Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.), Raymond Anthony Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Christopher Michael Joao (Yonkers, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, including a controller, camera, display, speaker, global positioning system, and sensor or detector which senses or detects a dangerous, hazardous, or unsafe, condition at or in a vicinity of the apparatus. The sensor or detector senses or detects the dangerous, hazardous, or unsafe, condition, and the apparatus provides, via the spe...