US Patent Issued to Under Armour on May 26 for "Article of apparel with breathable face covering" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,745, issued on May 26, was assigned to Under Armour Inc. (Baltimore).

"Article of apparel with breathable face covering" was invented by Kevin Plank (Baltimore), Kyle Blakely (Baltimore), Ella Mae Holmes (Baltimore), Jami Dunbar (Baltimore) and Kasey Jarvis (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of apparel is configured to cover at least part of a human head. The article of apparel includes a multi-layer face shield and a fabric panel coupled to the face shield. The multi-layer face shield includes an outer layer, a middle layer and an inner layer and is configured to cover a mouth and a nose of the human head when the a...