ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,298, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Weapon accessory mount" was invented by Wyatt D Walsh (Huntsville, Ala.), Marc L Roth (Huntsville, Ala.), Joshua M Williams (Huntsville, Ala.) and Justin R Novak (Huntsville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weapon accessory mount for removably mounting an accessory on a weapon. The weapon accessory mount includes an accessory rail supported by a base with a weapon attachment interface that engages the weapon. The weapon attachment interface includes an alignment pin that interfaces a portion of the...