ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,322, issued on March 18, was assigned to JA IP HOLDING LLC (Morgan City, La.).

"Muzzle device clamping mechanism" was invented by Ryan Vining (Patterson, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a muzzle device that includes a clamping mechanism used to removably attach the muzzle device to the muzzle of a firearm barrel. In particular, the clamping mechanism eliminates the need of using threads on the muzzle of the firearm barrel when removably attaching the muzzle device. An example muzzle device has a structural body and a clamping mechanism. The structural body includes a first end that has a muzzle receiving aperture con...