ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,851, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Challenge Targets LLC (Fort Thomas, Ky.).

"Swinging target device" was invented by Bradley T. Brune (Fort Thomas, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swinging target device has a stand, an arm having a first end and a second end and pivoted to the stand between the first and second ends for pivoting movement about a primary pivot axis. A first target assembly is pivoted to the first end of the arm for pivoting movement about a first secondary pivot axis, and a second target assembly is pivoted to the second end of the arm for pivoting movement about a second secondary pivot axis."

The patent ...