ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,512, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Intra-mould substrate" was invented by David Monroy Felix (Auckland, New Zealand) and Vitaly Kapelevich (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headgear portion or assembly for use in combination with a breathing apparatus in some configurations is at least substantially inelastic and is three dimensional in shape. The headgear portion or assembly can comprise a plastic core, a substrate and a textile casing. The substrate and textile casing have retaining structures to attach the textile casings to the substrates and the...