ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,927, issued on Sept. 29.

"Simulated trigger assemblies" was invented by James Matthew Underwood (Kennesaw, Ga.) and Larry Cullen Underwood (Canton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simulated trigger assembly for a firearm includes at least one body with at least one recess, a magnet disposed within the at least one recess, an initial configuration, and a simulated fired configuration. In the initial configuration, the magnet is at least immediately adjacent to a moveable portion. In the simulated fired configuration, the moveable portion has moved to separate the moveable portion from the magnet."

The patent was filed on Oct. 8...