ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,378, issued on May 27, was assigned to Agency Arms LLC (Caldwell, Idaho).
"Kinematic mount for a firearm" was invented by Donald G. R. Carter (Caldwell, Idaho) and Randy Niswander (Caldwell, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kinematic mount assembly is provided. The kinematic mount assembly includes a fixed mount and a pivot mount. The fixed mount and pivot mount together have a plurality of protrusions and recesses to guide the mounts into a repeatable position when rotating from an opened to a closed position. The protrusions may be semispherical balls and the recesses may be gothic-arch shaped. The pivot mount and fixed mount...