ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,042, issued on July 15, was assigned to MicroClimate Inc. (Provo, Utah).

"Head covering device providing filtered intake and exhaust air" was invented by Michael Hall (Provo, Utah), David R. Hall (Provo, Utah), Chandler Flinders (Provo, Utah), Jordan Englund (Provo, Utah), Carson Richards (Spanish Fork, Utah), Prabhakar Ramaraj (Provo, Utah), Jacob Dean (Provo, Utah), Vicente Oliveira (Orem, Utah), Anthony E. Pullen (Tucson, Ariz.) and Jeff Duncan (Tucson, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head covering air filtering device containing a rigid component including a transparent face shield, a fabric component, wherein the rigid com...