ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,905, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Crosman Corp. (Bloomfield, N.Y.).

"Adjustable rail mounting system" was invented by John A. Kowalczyk Jr. (Pittsford, N.Y.) and Jeffrey W. Mock (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices mountable to a rail having a recoil groove are provided. In one aspect a device mountable to a rail having a recoil groove has a rail positioner having a longitudinal length with a plurality of teeth arranged along an edge of the longitudinal length and a recoil groove insert extending away from the rail positioner and configured to be inserted into the recoil groove, a first body member having a fir...