ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,113, issued on May 13.
"Projectile target for archery practice" was invented by James Bower (Gobles, Mich.) and Thomas J. Mejeur (Paw Paw, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile target preferably for archery practice is provided, which includes an improved construction for assembling the target and capturing arrows and other similar projectiles while preventing the arrows and similar projectiles from penetrating entirely through the target and projecting through or exiting the opposite side of the target. The target may be provided in a two-sided configuration with target patterns on both opposite faces of the target body....