ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,607, issued on May 19.
"Projectile part forming a small toy to be thrown by hand" was invented by Maxime Brugniaux (Les Lilas, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Projectile part intended to be thrown by a user's fingers, the projectile part being in the form of a small plate with an outer contour, in which part there are provided a proximal bearing zone intended to receive the pad of a proximal phalanx of the index finger, a distal bearing zone intended to bear on the distal phalanx of the index finger, the proximal bearing zone comprising at least one rear proximal protuberance, the projectile part comprising a through-orifice arr...