ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,354, issued on April 21, was assigned to Better Horse Inc. (Virginia Beach, Va.).

"Fire starter" was invented by David A. Arias (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Michael D. Beyrodt (Norfolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus according to an embodiment includes a casing that has a first side portion, a second side portion opposite the first side portion, and an interior chamber therebetween. The casing is made from a first burnable material. A second burnable material is disposed in the interior chamber. An igniter is disposed in the interior chamber and is configured to generate a first thermal event to ignite the second burna...