ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,173, issued on Aug. 5.

"Bullet casing impact reducer" was invented by Jared Andrew Fair (Cairo, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bullet casing impact reducer is disclosed herein. The bullet casing impact reducer includes an upper frame member and a flexible drape member configured to be hung from the upper frame member so as to extend downwardly from the upper frame member, the flexible drape member configured to absorb an impact of a bullet casing after the bullet casing is expelled from a firearm so as to reduce a likelihood that the bullet casing is deflected back towards a shooter of the firearm. In some embodiments, the bull...