ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,334, issued on March 18.
"Sighting systems, components, and methods" was invented by David J. Dawson Jr. (Florence, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sight systems comprise a sight receiver and a base attachable to and detachable from a sight receiver. A base carries a sighting component, such as an iron sight or optic sight. A sighting component may be attachably and detachably mounted to a base, or a sighting component may be made integrally with a base. A base may carry plural sighting components. Sight systems may include plural interchangeable sight receivers, bases, and/or sighting components. In some embodiments, interfitt...