ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,645, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Aver Technologies Inc. (Woodbridge, Va.).
"Face mask and shield combination" was invented by Pallavi Avasarala (Woodbridge, Va.), Pranav Avasarala (Woodbridge, Va.), Manya Aanika Yellepeddy (Woodbridge, Va.) and Yuvaan Manohar Yellepeddy (Woodbridge, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly is provided. The assembly may include a face mask to conform to a face of a user, the face mask including an adapter including one or more venting pathways to alter a direction of one or more exhaled gasses traveling in an initial direction. An assembly may include a face shield, the face shield selectiv...