ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,873, issued on April 22, was assigned to Leapers Inc. (Livonia, Mich.).
"Sight mount and related method of use" was invented by Tai-lai Ding (Northville, Mich.), Tat Shing Yu (Plymouth, Mich.) and Kiyokazu J. Nakagawa (Livonia, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weapon mount is provided to connect an accessory to a weapon adjacent a sight. The mount can include a main body, a forward projecting first arm and a locking plate. The main body can engage a rear of the sight, for example, a front sight post, and the locking plate can engage a front of the sight. The locking plate, main body and mount can be centered on the post via a ce...