US Patent Issued to Centre Firearms on Feb. 3 for "Method of blank firing" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,787, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Centre Firearms Co. Inc. (Ridgewood, N.Y.).

"Method of blank firing" was invented by Steven Genna (Ridgewood, N.Y.), Juan D. Cabrera (Ridgewood, N.Y.) and Richard Ryder Washburn III (Ridgewood, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of firing a firearm includes providing a blank firing adapter plus bullet trap attached to the end of a barrel of the firearm, the blank firing adapter plus bullet trap including a bore aligned with a longitudinal axis of the barrel; providing a magazine that limits loading of up to two live rounds; and arranging for a blast from a cartridge in the firearm to ej...