ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,114, issued on May 13, was assigned to BROKEN ARROW MARKETING INC. (Fork Union, Va.).
"Air disc target" was invented by Donald T. Campbell Jr. (Fork Union, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible, packable, and throwable aerial target of a disc-like shape, the aerial target comprising a circular body and an outer ring around periphery of the circular body, wherein the outer ring is in the form of a hollow tubular annulus that is divided into a plurality of sections, and each of the plurality of sections houses a plurality of pellets. The pellets are thoroughly filled in the outer ring sections to provide weight to the aerial...