US Patent Issued to Naturs Design on July 1 for "Liner and retaining member for use with respiratory mask" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,475, issued on July 1, was assigned to Naturs Design Inc. (Jackson, Mich.).

"Liner and retaining member for use with respiratory mask" was invented by Robert M. Rutan (Sandpoint, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory mask includes a mask body having a face-engaging portion, and at least one retaining member connected to the mask body and including at least one engaging member for receiving and tethering a liner to the respiratory mask to generally overlie the face-engaging portion. The retaining member may include a flexible elongated body having a central portion and opposing ends, and a bottom surface arranged to be att...