ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,950, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to O&M Halyard Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).
"Facemasks and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by David L. Harrington (Cumming, Ga.), Eric C. Steindorf (Roswell, Ga.), Anthony Stephen Spencer (Woodstock, Ga.), Joseph P. Weber (Suwanee, Ga.) and Mark T. Pamperin (Cumming, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A facemask and automated system for producing facemasks is disclosed. The facemask has a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The facemask includes a mask body having a generally rectangular shape, a pair of lateral edges extendi...