ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,206, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Unplugs Hearing Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
"Sound attenuator with push button actuator" was invented by Ralph T. Campagna (Putnam, Conn.) and Natan Bauman (Cheshire, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The sound attenuator has a hollow body formed of a base section and a top section. The body is generally triangular with curved walls and rounded points. The top section has an aperture in which is located an axially movable push button actuator having a sidewall with one or more openings therein. A spring biased reciprocating mechanism releasably engages the push button actuator to hold it in a clo...