ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,036, issued on June 17.

"Automatic retention firearm magazine carrier" was invented by Jonathan Rolf Dara (Wendell, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic retention firearm magazine includes a mounting plate, a face plate, and a web. The mounting plate and the face plate are arranged opposite to each other. Each of the first side and second side of the mounting plate comprises a plurality of mounting plate attachment points. Each of the first side and second side of the face plate comprises a plurality of face plate attachment points. The web comprises a plurality of mounting plate complementary attachment points and a plur...