ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,081, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SIMON ET CIE (Avallon, France).
"Device for protecting at least one part of the face" was invented by Carlos Batista Mendes (Annay la Cote, France), Jean-Baptiste Duban (Athie, France) and Christophe Bertrand (Mellecey, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for protecting at least one part of the face of a user to prevent the spread of projections from the respiratory tract. A single flexible sheet, made of a material impermeable to the spread of these projections, and defining a substantially rectangular or square strip and at least two first straps each coming from one of the ends of t...