ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,131, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Glock Technology GmbH (Austria).
"Frame assembly for a firearm" was invented by Sebastian Hell (Weikendorf, Austria), Juergen Gunsam (Prottes, Austria), Josef Kroyer (Zemendorf, Austria), Markus Karlo (Vienna), Ralph Morgenfurt (Auersthal, Austria) and Thomas Mayrhauser (St. Florian, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver assembly for a handgun. The receiver assembly includes an upper receiver portion, a lower receiver portion, and a locking mechanism. The upper receiver portion includes i) a guide rail for receiving a slide assembly and ii) a magazine compartment for receiving a mag...