ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,304, issued on June 30.

"Forearm shooting stick support and storage assembly" was invented by David Wayne Smith (Elkins, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for use with a shooting stick comprising a forearm support with a wrist cuff and an arm cuff each with adjustable straps, a brace joining the cuffs, a holder formed under the arm cuff and a receiver formed under the wrist cuff. The receiver has a non-continuous wall with a gap sized and shaped to receive a body of the shooting stick when the stick is positioned under the brace and snapped into the holder and inside the gap. The receiver is formed with a first mating ...