US Patent Issued to ConfiVox on June 3 for "Portable device accessory" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,788, issued on June 3, was assigned to ConfiVox Inc. (Toronto).

"Portable device accessory" was invented by John David Lee (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory for a portable electronic device having opposed front and rear device faces is disclosed. The accessory includes an attachment mechanism and a privacy shield pivotably connected to the attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism is magnetically attachable to the rear device face. The front device face includes a device screen. The privacy shield is pivotable relative to the attachment mechanism between a mouth concealing position, and a storage position, in w...