ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,801, issued on March 11, was assigned to JUGGERNAUT TACTICAL INC. (Orange, Calif.).
"Takedown pin for a rifle" was invented by Zackary Kasanjian-King (Corona, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Takedown pins for rifles have a pin movable in a direction along its length between an operating condition and a released condition. The pin has a first end portion that prevents relative movement of the upper receiver with respect to the lower receiver when the pin is in the operating condition. The first end portion has a lower end portion surface adapted to resist upward movement of the upper receiver's lug. The pin has an intermediate ...