ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,499, issued on July 1, was assigned to Crosman Corp. (Bloomfield, N.Y.).
"Multi-shot airgun" was invented by Kenneth A. Call (Rush, N.Y.), Jeffrey D. Hanson (Honeyoye Falls, N.Y.) and Eric A. St. Phillips (Fairport, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airgun for use with a projectile supply is described. A cam surface of the airgun and a bolt positioner of the airgun are configured so that rotation from a firing position to a reloading position causes a cam surface of the airgun to drive the bolt positioner through a passageway of the projectile supply to drive a projectile in the passageway to a position where pressurized gas in t...