ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,627, issued on Oct. 14.

"Projectile stabilizers, projectiles with stabilizers, and methods of manufacturing" was invented by Brian Terry (Buchanan, Mich.), Steven Terry (Buchanan, Mich.) and Brandon Cummings (Three Oaks, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile and stabilizer therefor are provided. The sliding stabilizer is used instead of fixed or glued tail feathers, vanes or other fletching as a means for stabilizing projectile flight. The invention improves current projectile technology with reduced assembly labor cost, the elimination of bow clearance issues, improved accuracy with the consistent production of the slidi...