ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,927, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Crosman Corp. (Bloomfield, N.Y.).

"Arrow gun having a plurality of barrels for launching a corresponding plurality of arrows" was invented by Ethan Thomas Butterfield (Ontario, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrow gun is provided having a plurality of barrels, wherein a flow path for pressurized gas includes a unique portion to at least two of the barrels. Upon a mass of regulated pressure gas passes from an upstream firing valve in the flow path, the respective flow paths are configured such that the mass of regulated pressure gas creates a launching pressure at different times between...