Israeli inventors create face mask with slot for eating in public

19 May 2020, 9:34 pm

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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