US Patent Issued to Magview on March 18 for "Scope mount" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,664, issued on March 18, was assigned to Magview LLC (Lake Oswego, Ore.).

"Scope mount" was invented by John R. Scovil (Onalaska, Wis.), Mark J. Hayes (Onalaska, Wis.) and Mathew A. McPherson (Norwalk, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises a body arranged to engage an optical scope. The body comprises a first portion and a second portion moveable with respect to the first portion between a first position and a second position. The first portion comprises a sidewall defining an aperture having a central axis and the second portion comprises a magnet. In the first position, the second portion ...