ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,515, issued on July 1, was assigned to Federal Cartridge Co. (Anoka, Minn.).
"Multi-faceted shot" was invented by Matthew S. Schroeder (Princeton, Minn.), Adam J. Moser (Big Lake, Minn.), Drew L. Goodlin (Isanti, Minn.) and Erik K. Carlson (Oak Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shot projectiles are disclosed that are not completely spherical. The shot has an equatorial ring, top and bottom poles, and one or more sections extending between the ring and the respective poles. The ring defines a vertical height relative to an overall diameter of the projectile. The one or more sections provide flat, concave, or convex surfaces."...