ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,567, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sheltered Wings Inc. (Barneveld, Wis.).

"Viewing optic with impact absorption material" was invented by Rob Morell (Barneveld, Wis.), Seth Toy (Barneveld, Wis.) and Kellen Beauchene (Barneveld, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A viewing optic has a base and a housing. The housing has a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side and a top side. The front side, rear side, left side and right side extend upwardly from the base. The top side extends between the upper edges of the front side, rear side, left side and right side. A load absorbing/dispersing component is on at least a por...