ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,776, issued on March 31.
"Discreet blank firing adapter" was invented by Brian R Hoffman (Bloomington, Ind.) and Caleb W. McGee (Bloomington, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a blank firing adapter for a firearm that prevents a bullet or fragmentation from exiting a firearm barrel and traveling downrange. The device includes a body, a fore end, an aft end, a bore, a transverse exhaust hole, and a flange. The body is positioned within a muzzle end of the firearm barrel. The fore end includes a solid material to prevent bullet fragmentation from directly exiting the barrel in a direction coinciding with a point-of-aim d...