ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,184, issued on April 14, was assigned to UniTech Services Group Inc. (Longmeadow, Mass.).
"Personal protective equipment ensemble made up of a launderable hood and an air dispersion protective face shield assembly" was invented by Kent David Anderson (Clayton, N.Y.), Rolf Eberl (Kincardine, Canada), Peter Eberl (Kincardine, Canada) and Daniel Naygeboren (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ensemble made up of a launderable protective hood and either an air dispersion protective headgear, or an air dispersion protective face shield assembly, is provided. In a first exemplar...