ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,057, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ravin Crossbows LLC (Superior, Wis.).
"Mounting rail assembly for a crossbow" was invented by Nicholas C. Obteshka (Springfield, Ore.) and Kevin Casey (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossbow includes a stock, a riser, a barrel rail coupled between the stock and the riser and defining a projectile axis, a limb assembly coupled to the riser, and a mounting rail assembly. The mounting rail assembly includes a mounting rail defining a first axial end and a second axial end, a first mounting bar coupled to the barrel rail and the first axial end of the mounting rail, and a second mo...