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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Israeli inventors create face mask with slot for eating in public
Israeli restaurants will reopen next week and require about 5 feet between patrons, but what about people who aren’t ready to take off their masks when they eat in public?
Some Israeli inventors have created a face mask for the coronavirus age that will allow wearers to eat food without removing it.
The mask has a slot that opens with a hand remote lever to allow food to go through, Reuters first reports. Drippy dishes might not fare very well, the story says, but solid foods “can be gobbled up in a flash a la Pac-Man.”
The developer, Tel Aviv-area based Avtipus Patents and Inventions, tells Reuters that it has already submitted a patent for the mask and plans to start manufacturing in the next few months.
— JTA
