ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,008, issued on June 17.
"Firearm suppressor integrated with handguard" was invented by Henry Anderson Jr. (Silver Spring, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suppressor assembly for a firearm having a receiver and a barrel connected to the receiver which includes a tube adapted to be coupled to the receiver and which serves as the handguard for the firearm. The tube circumferentially encloses and extends along the barrel and defines ports arranged proximate to the receiver and apertures arranged near the muzzle end. Near the ports is a modulator that adjusts the openings of the ports. Coupled to the end of the tube is noise suppress...