ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,705, issued on Nov. 11.
"Ambidextrous bolt catch system" was invented by Jarret Christian Mock (Fort Myers, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ambidextrous bolt catch system for a firearm receiver includes a neck having upper, middle, and lower portions; a bolt catch at the upper portion; and an ambidextrous actuator at the lower portion having a spring retention structure. The middle portion extends along a plane perpendicular to a vector extending from the rear to the front of the receiver, and includes a first terminal point towards one side of the receiver, the upper portion extends along the plane and includes a second termi...