ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,488, issued on July 1, was assigned to CESKA ZBROJOVKA A.S. (Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic).

"Self-loading pistol with a pre-cocked firing pin with an assembly for safe disassembling" was invented by Jakub Ocelik (Slavicin, Czech Republic), Martin Chaloupka (Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic), Ales Kostka (Brumov-Bylnice, Czech Republic) and Lukas Kalab (Zlin, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-loading pistol with a pre-cocked firing pin and with an assembly for safe disassembling, comprising a trigger bar (7) with a peripherally at least partly closed frame part (7c) to surround a pistol magazine (39). The frame part (7c)...