ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,866, issued on April 22.

"Trigger mechanism for a firearm having a vertical and horizontal rotatable trigger piece and a vertical moving sear" was invented by John A. Roessel (Webster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trigger assembly includes a housing a sear moveably connected to the housing; and a trigger piece connected to the housing and moveable between a cocked position and a firing position; the trigger piece including a trigger shoe configured to contact a user in moving from the cocked position to the firing position; the trigger piece being configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and an orthogonal second ax...