ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,317, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ABC IP LLC (Dover, Del.).
"Firearm semiautomatic trigger mechanism" was invented by Nicholas George Barry (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trigger mechanism having a hammer, a trigger member, movable ejector lever, and locking member. The trigger member being forced to the set position by the hammer during rearward pivoting. A locking member is adapted to move between a first position at which the locking member mechanically blocks the trigger member from moving to the released position and a second position at which the locking member does not mechanically block the trigger ...