ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,368, issued on July 28.
"Tabletop shooting game" was invented by Dave Labonte (Victoriaville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tabletop shooting game, comprising: a projectile, a target and a shooter, the shooter including a stand defining a resting surface for receiving the projectile thereonto, an impactor and a biasing element for biasing the impactor towards the resting surface. The shooter is operable for shooting the projectile towards the target by moving the impactor to a loading position away from the resting surface with the projectile resting on the resting surface and subsequently releasing the impactor."
The pate...