US Patent Issued to Virtra on July 21 for "Projectile impact simulation device" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,367, issued on July 21, was assigned to Virtra Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Projectile impact simulation device" was invented by Robert D. Ferris (Mesa, Ariz.) and John B. Kinnard (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projectile impact simulation device comprising a housing, a mounting attachment, at least two high-voltage pins, and a shock zone. The housing has a circuit board electrically coupled to high-voltage receptacles that are configured to receive a first end of a high-voltage pin. The housing also has a back surface configured to rest adjacent to a user when the user wears the device. The mounting attachment is coupled to ...