ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,102, issued on May 13, was assigned to Centre Firearms Co. Inc. (Ridgewood, N.Y.).
"Collapsible sight for a firearm" was invented by Juan D. Cabrera (Ridgewood, N.Y.), Andrew Lees (Wake Forest, N.C.), Richard Ryder Washburn III (Ridgewood, N.Y.) and Richard Ryder Washburn II (Ridgewood, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm includes a rail; a mount attached to the rail; a lens attached to and rotatable with respect to the mount; a light source that reflects a light off a reflective surface of the lens to aim the firearm; a hood rotatably mounted and in contact with the lens, wherein the hood folds over the lens in a collapsed...