ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,843, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Shoreline Vault LLC (Lewes, Del.).

"Wearable sunblock holding accessory" was invented by David Edward Martin (Quarteira, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a UV protection system comprising providing a wearable sunblock holding accessory, the wearable sunblock holding accessory comprising a wearable main body including a strap and a receptacle coupled to the strap, wherein the receptacle is configured to hold a removable sunblock container unit."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/373,386.

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