ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,498, issued on July 1, was assigned to KRISS INDUSTRIES ASIA LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Grenade device of a toy gun with an adjustable firing muzzle and an adjusting method thereof" was invented by Kai-Hung Hsieh (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grenade device of a toy gun with an adjustable firing muzzle provided by the present invention comprises: a case, a pressure chamber, a projectile chamber, a switch valve, a launch tube, an outer cover, and a switch cover. The pressure chamber is in the case and receives a pressurized fluid. The projectile chamber is in the case and loaded plural projectile bodies in. The ...