ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,475, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to QBAS Co. LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Water sports mask" was invented by Chih-Cheng Shiue (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water sports mask is provided, which includes a waterproof skirt, a left viewing window, a right viewing window, a head strap and a frame. Left and right skirt portions of the waterproof skirt define left and right hollow front portions, respectively. The left and right viewing windows are embedded with the left and right hollow front portions, respectively, and each of them has a width ranging from 30 mm to 60 mm, and a height ranging from 20 mm to 50 mm. The fr...