US Patent Issued to Nose Grips on June 2 for "Nose clip and nose clip and plug structures" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,014, issued on June 2, was assigned to Nose Grips LLC (Western Springs, Ill.).

"Nose clip and nose clip and plug structures" was invented by Liam Michael Shannon (Western Springs, Ill.), Gavin Neill Shannon (Western Springs, Ill.), Peter M. Shannon III (Western Springs, Ill.) and Gary W. Grube (Barrington Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nose clip structure, to inhibit water from entering a swimmer's nose includes first and second septum pads that include first and second septum contact areas. The nose clip structure further includes a septum clip to exert pressure against the first and second septum pads such that the fir...