ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,657, issued on July 29, was assigned to RESPIREX INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Redhill, Great Britain).

"Personal protective equipment" was invented by Raymond George Crosby (Redhill, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for providing a seal between a sleeve of a garment and a glove, the apparatus including a cuff body and a glove insert, the cuff body comprising a surrounding wall which defines an internal space, and the cuff body having a first distal open end and a second distal open end, the first distal open end comprising a resiliently deflectable sealing lip, which defines an opening of said first distal end, the gl...