US Patent Issued to DISRUPTIVE DESIGN on July 7 for "Airsoft shotgun firing mechanism" (Virginia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,642, issued on July 7, was assigned to DISRUPTIVE DESIGN LLC (Kingsport, Tenn.).

"Airsoft shotgun firing mechanism" was invented by Rich Lort (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Glenn McCroskey (Bristol, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Airsoft shotgun firing mechanism has been developed that fires the spherical projectiles of each shot sequentially in rapid succession. The shotgun firing mechanism directs the airflow sequentially against each spherical projectile in the shot, thus pushing each spherical projectile out of the barrel of the Airsoft shotgun. The flow rates of the air are balanced for all the spherical projectiles so all of the ...