ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,319, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to RTB Innovations LLC (Mount Joy, Pa.).

"Floatable breathing device" was invented by Steve Browning (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and J. Rodney Garber (Mount Joy, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a floatable breathing device. The floatable breathing device provides includes a head unit, a snorkel, a plurality of receiving passageways, and an internal pathway. The head unit has buoyant properties and includes an ornamental shaped buoyant outer material and an inner shell positioned within the buoyant outer material. The inner shell forms a head receiving section and a protr...