ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,096, issued on Nov. 11.
"Strapless face mask" was invented by Sina Foroutanjazi (Boston) and Shahla Bastar (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments for a strapless facemask are disclosed. In a non-limiting embodiment, the strapless facemask includes a mask body made of a filtering material having an inner, skin-facing surface and an outer surface. A flexible stalk is provided having an end attached to the mask body and another end attached to an adhesive pad. The stalk is disposed along a peripheral portion of the mask body to extend in a first direction away from the inner surface of the mask body. The adhesive pad may hav...