US Patent Issued to Apothecary Products on July 21 for "Earplug system and methods" (Utah, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,673, issued on July 21, was assigned to Apothecary Products LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).

"Earplug system and methods" was invented by Tyson Triplett (Provo, Utah), Darran Spence (Burnsville, Minn.), Laurel Weeks (Burnsville, Minn.), Melissa Rowland (Burnsville, Minn.) and Julia Olson Augdahl (Prior Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earplug system includes a pair of earplugs connected by a cord, with each earplug having a body that holds a magnet of opposite polarity to permit selective coupling and uncoupling. When not being used for hearing protection, the earplugs can be magnetically coupled together to form an aestheticall...