ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,725, issued on May 20.
"Nose mask" was invented by Shirley Doloris Stradford (Culver City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nose mask includes: a main body, a wire, and ear straps. The main body is formed by joining together an innermost layer, an outermost layer, and a middle layer. The wire is located near a top end of the main body and can bend to a desired shape and retain the desired shape. The ear straps extend laterally away from the sides of the main body. The main body has a distance between a top end and a bottom end, such that when the nose mask is worn by a user, the nose mask covers a nose of the user, while leavi...