US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on June 30 for "Sound suppressing device attachment for tools" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,949, issued on June 30, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Sound suppressing device attachment for tools" was invented by Zachary Coulson (Oklahoma City) and Bradley Sullivan (Shawnee, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound suppressing device for reducing the sound made when using a piece of equipment or tool is disclosed. The sound suppressing device includes: an outer shell, a window in the top of the outer shell, a filler inside the outer shell, and a containment seal for the filler. The sound suppressing device has an opening extending bet...