ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,386, issued on Oct. 14.
"Sleep mask" was invented by Zahra Mas (East Point, Ga.) and Jennifer Patton (Stone Mountain, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleep mask with an opaque first-portion (face-covering-portion) is configured to removably cover over the eyes of a wearer of the sleep mask and includes at least one moldable-member that is configured to allow the opaque first-portion to be molded to conform to the exterior geometry of the wearer's face (e.g., around the eyes) and the at least one moldable-member is also configured to allow ear-loops of the sleep mask to be molded to conform to shapes and geometry of the wearer's ...