ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,222, issued on March 4, was assigned to Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Weapon lock" was invented by Mark Schofield (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and Brad Grabow (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weapon lock includes a latch pivotably coupled to a housing about a latch pivot axis, and includes a base arm, receiver and retainer arms extending transversely away from the base arm, and a pivot limit extension extending longitudinally away from the base arm. A weapon rack is configured to carry the weapon lock and includes upper and lower plates with upper and lower arrays of mounting apertures and pivot...