ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,017, issued on June 17, was assigned to Gear Head Works LLC (Hillsboro, Tenn.).
"Handgun brace" was invented by Johnson Paul Reavis III (Christiana, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brace for stabilizing a handheld device such as a handgun against a user's forearm includes a vertically elongated body adapted to detachably engage a portion of the handheld device, and an arm pivotably connected to a portion of the body. The pivotable arm is selectably moveable between a stowed position wherein the arm is vertically aligned with the body, and a deployed position wherein the arm provides a surface against which a user's forearm is ...