ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,711, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AMP Annealing Ltd. (Pukekohe, New Zealand).

"Gun support elevation adjuster" was invented by Alexander Findlay (Pukekohe, New Zealand) and Matthew Findlay (Pukekohe, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevation adjuster for a gun support includes a support mount for detachably mounting the elevation adjuster to a gun support, a base portion connected to the support mount, and a pinion rotatably connected to the base portion. The elevation adjuster further includes an extendible member slidably engaged with the base portion. The extendible member comprises a rack portion which is enga...