ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,471, issued on April 15.

"Direct fire weapon system training and firing aid" was invented by Dennis Joseph Moore (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weapon system training and firing aid comprising a shoulder bar attachment for elevating and/or traversing a weapon system is disclosed. It may have an elongate arm for attachment to the weapon system and extending in a generally rearward direction from the weapon system. Once coupled to a weapon system, it gives a user a stable method of supporting and moving the weapon system, allowing the user to quickly elevate and traverse the weapon system by giving the user an additional ...