ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,126, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ICARUS PRECISION LLC (Washougal, Wash.).

"Modular frame and chassis system for a firearm" was invented by Travis Merklin (Washougal, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular firearm system has a frame with a grip configured to be held by a hand of a user and a receiving chamber formed within the grip. The system further has a chassis having a receiving channel and one or more sidewalls extending from a bottom portion of the chassis, the one or more sidewalls structured to fit within and be received by the receiving chamber of the frame. The system further has a barrel locking block struct...