US Patent Issued on Feb. 18 for "Tactical weapon-mounted accessory locking device, and associated methods" (Montana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,366, issued on Feb. 18.

"Tactical weapon-mounted accessory locking device, and associated methods" was invented by Jacob Matthew Bernal (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The locking device is for a weapon-mounted accessory configured to be mounted to a weapon station including an accessory locking structure. The locking device includes a U-shaped body including protective plates configured to cover both the accessory locking structure of the weapon station and at least one weapon-mounted accessory mounting fastener, at least one anti-rotation tab coupled to the U-shaped body and configured to prevent rotation of a lock b...