ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,883, issued on Nov. 4.
"Self-loading pistol" was invented by Finn Weingandt (Drage, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-loading pistol includes a housing which, in particular by means of two wall portions that are located opposite one another in the transverse direction, and a cover portion, defines a receiving region for a locking device of the self-loading pistol. In a closed state of the self-loading pistol, the locking device is received, at least in portions, inside the receiving region of the housing and is movable inside the receiving region of the housing, in particular along the longitudinal axis of the receiving re...