ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,877, issued on April 22, was assigned to Muniec Arms LLC (Ludlow, Mass.).
"Firearm accessory mounting assembly, firearm containing the same, and method of attachment" was invented by Gerald Renaud (Belchertown, Mass.) and Wayne Tetrault (Granby, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick-attachment/quick-release firearm accessory mounting assembly releasably and rotatably attached to a firearm rail, chassis, or handgun slide to receive any of a number of different accessories, such as, a telescopic sight, reflector sight, laser sight, night vision sight, thermal scope, range finder, and other secondary instruments. The mounting asse...