ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,403, issued on Feb. 24.

"Protector for hand of firearm user and method for use thereof" was invented by Ernest L. Wrecsics Jr. (Canton, Ohio) and Matthew D. Yingling (Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gun/hand muff for protecting portions of a gun user's hand, wrist, and/or forearm from the elements is provided. The gun/hand muff defines an interior cavity for ultimately receiving portions of a gun and portions of at least a gun user's hand possibly portions of the gun user's wrist and forearm therein. The interior cavity is used to protect portions of the gun and the gun user's hand (and possibly portions of the gun user...