One night I was watching a TV show on ABC called Shark Tank. The show is about people with inventions who present their product to sell the concept to a board of investors. The investors may or may not accept buying or investing.

 

This one episode had a new product called First Defense Nasal Screens (tm). The best part about this product - it works! When I'm out all day moving stone, shaping stone, digging dirt.....DUST - DUST - DUST. Nothing that looks good at the end of the day when I have to blow my nose. To sum it up I love the idea of protecting my lungs and health. But not at the cost of wearing a face mask which I have to feel like I'm suffocating in. Dust masks also cause my glasses to fog up and make me feel hot. I just hate them. Only in extreme situations will I wear a real dust mask or filter system. For example cutting stone with a gas saw.

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In ABC’s Season Premiere of the hit reality show “Shark Tank” Joe Moore, President & CEO of the First Defense Nasal Screen Corporation stunned the sharks and millions of viewers nationwide when he turned down Robert Herjavec’s offer of $4,000,000. Read More

Joseph K. Moore and his company First Defense Nasal Screens were profiled on this week’s episode of Shark Tank. Moore’s invention is simple – it’s an inexpensive, adhesive nasal filter that the user applies to the exterior of their nose. Moore filed for patent protection in October 2007. (Patent Application Number 11/928,226, based on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/855,711.) As he explains there, his invention is: Read More