ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,709, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to In Ovation LLC.
"Two-stage trigger arrangement" was invented by Terrence Dwight Bender (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a fire control mechanism comprises a trigger, a hammer and a disconnector. The trigger comprises a trigger sear and is arranged to rotate about a trigger axis. The hammer comprises a hammer sear and a secondary sear and is arranged to rotate about a hammer axis. The disconnector comprises a disconnector sear and is arranged to move with respect to the trigger. The fire control mechanism comprises an orientation wherein the trigger sear contacts ...