ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,879, issued on July 1, was assigned to MDIDEAFACTORY INC. (San Diego).
"Personal protective equipment and methods" was invented by Michael J. O'Leary (Del Mar, Calif.), Daniel Joseph Braun (San Diego), Choll Wan Kim (San Diego), Randy Wayland (San Diego) and Robert F. Gazdzinski (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved personal protective equipment facial wear including, in one embodiment, an at least partly adhesive mask, and one or more adhesive eye shields. In one implementation, the mask avoids significant contact with the delicate periorbital skin of the wearer, yet provides a substantially airtight seal so as to preclu...