ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,035, issued on March 4.
"Fire starter kit for firearm" was invented by Michael Frank Hughes (Maple Falls, Wash.), Britton R Lentz (Everson, Wash.) and Thomas Ryan Swetish (Bellingham, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fire starter kit that includes a frame, a scratcher, a sparking road, and at least one fuel reservoir. The frame is having a first end, a second end, a middle region, a recess provided on the middle region, and a first slot provided along the first end, the second end and partially through the middle region. The scratcher removably mounted in the recess, wherein the scratcher is having at least one blade provided w...