ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,967, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KEL-TEC CNC INDUSTRIES INC. (Cocoa, Fla.).
"Folding firearm" was invented by Ryan Williams (Cocoa, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Folding firearms have a frame having a trigger assembly and a bolt passage, a barrel assembly pivotally connected to the frame for movement between an extended operable condition and a folded inoperable condition, the barrel assembly defining a barrel axis, a latch assembly operably connected to the frame and to the barrel assembly, the latch assembly including a latch operable between a first latched condition and a second unlatched condition, when the barrel a...