ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,337, issued on July 29, was assigned to Umarex GmbH & Co. KG (Arnsberg, Germany).
"Precision non-shattering less-lethal projectile" was invented by Thomas Scheunert (Arnsberg, Germany), Eyck Pflaumer (Arnsberg, Germany) and Richard Turner (Fayetteville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A less-lethal projectile include a rear portion and a front portion. The rear portion can be a base member having a head, a waist, and a skirt configured to obturate a rifled barrel bore of an airgun. The front portion can be a hollow cylindrical cap sealingly engaged with the head such that the cap and the base member define an interior cavity in w...