ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,300, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Zoya Inc. (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Single-use, disposable helmets, hoods, and helmet/hood assemblies, and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Mohammed Ali Hajianpour (Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hood assemblies with disposable hoods are provided. In one implementation, a single-use, disposable hood includes a hood material sized to extend over a user's head and down to a neck/shoulder region of the user. The hood material includes a face shield opening extending through the hood material, a lower edge extending along a lower periphery of the hood materi...