ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,717, issued on March 4, was assigned to LWRC International LLC (Cambridge, Md.).
"Firearm buffer system and buttstock assembly" was invented by Jesus S. Gomez (Trappe, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buttstock assembly configured to work in conjunction with a compact buffer assembly consisting of a buffer tube, spring and bolt carrier with an integral buffer is provided. The buttstock assembly, buffer tube and bolt carrier are configured to work with AR15/M16 type firearms and their derivatives. By incorporating the buffer onto the bolt carrier, which is used in conjunction with a buffer tube of reduced length, the overall lengt...