ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,792, issued on March 25, was assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Transparent and multi-faceted face mask" was invented by Sara Larissa Thacher (Pasadena, Calif.), Leslie Margaret Evans (La Crescenta, Calif.), Jeremie A. Papon (Los Angeles) and Loyal J. Pyczynski (Valencia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent face mask for enhancing communications while controlling release of respiratory droplets. The mask includes a body formed from a thin flexible plastic material such as polypropylene. The mask body has a center diamond shaped segment that cantilevers the mask body from the bridge of a wearer's ...