US Patent Issued to Kimber IP on May 20 for "Magazine disconnect safety" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,942, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kimber IP LLC (Troy, Ala.).

"Magazine disconnect safety" was invented by Michael Withey (Brundidge, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine catch safety for a firearm to lock a trigger of a firearm when a magazine is removed from a magazine receptacle of a frame of a firearm, the magazine catch safety having a catch body having a longitudinal axis, an actuating button end, and a spring receiving end, and a protuberance disposed on the catch body. The magazine catch safety further having a securement pin, a spring, and a trigger bow. The trigger bow has a notch, wherein, when the catch bod...