ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,372, issued on July 21.

"Throwing weapon" was invented by Bruno Mentasti Granelli (Castel Veccana, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A throwing weapon (100) is described as comprising: a central portion (105) mainly ex-tending along a predetermined longitudinal axis (Y), a pair of first sharp portions (130, 135), which respectively extend from the opposite axial ends (110, 115) of the central portion (105) in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis (Y), and a pair of second sharp portions (150, 155), which protrude transversely from the central portion (105), wherein said second sharp portions (150, 155) extend from opposite...