ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,324, issued on July 29.
"Modular hybrid speargun" was invented by Mark Laboccetta (Wilmington, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for underwater hunting contains a plurality of components which allow for customization of the speargun based on the user's needs and the conditions where a user is hunting. By allowing rapid additions or removals of certain components, the invention allow the user to easily modify the firing characteristics of the speargun, and thus target a wider range of prey across a wider range of environmental conditions than those designs currently available in the prior art."
The patent was filed on Dec....