ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,307, issued on June 10, was assigned to ISRAEL WEAPON INDUSTRIES (I.W.I) LTD. (Ramat HaSharon, Israel).

"Firearm with cocking safety lever" was invented by Assaf Roth (Hod Hasharon, Israel) and Doron Erez (Holon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm, including a hammer, a safety lever configured to select an operation mode, a trigger, an electromechanical sear, wherein the operation modes include an electromechanical mode, and the firearm is configured so that when changing to the electromechanical mode the safety lever moves the position of the hammer to be held by the electromechanical sear instead of by the trigger. Lik...