ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,093, issued on June 24.
"Recoil pad assembly" was invented by James Elden Harmer (St. George, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recoil pad for a firearm including at least two distinct lattice layers wherein at least one of the lattice layers is comprised of a gyroid structure designed to optimize the dissipation, redirection, absorption, and other effect of the felt recoil generated by shooting a firearm, and a protector for the recoil pad to minimize pressure placed on the recoil pad and prevent deformation, misalignment, warping, undesired compression, and damage when the firearm that the recoil pad is coupled with is transpor...