ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,669, issued on Dec. 2.
"Hands-free curved weather shield" was invented by Anthony Joseph Lang (Quincy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weather shield apparatus includes a shield holder having a molded body panel with a curved shape providing ends joined to a lengthwise adjustable waist belt having a waist buckle, a support interface attached to a rear surface of the body panel, a support frame adapted to engage and extend upward from the support interface, the support frame having a cushion pad on a side facing the body panel, and a first weather shield assembly comprising a curved shield frame covered in waterproof sheet mate...