ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,280, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Schmeisser GmbH (Krefeld, Germany).
"Small firearms and method of operating small firearms" was invented by Michael Fischer (Duisburg, Germany), Thomas Hoff (Krefeld, Germany) and Andreas Schumacher (Krefeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small firearm includes: a receiver; a barrel including a barrel bore axis; an action including a bolt head; and a guide surface, the receiver being configured for (i) at least indirectly receiving the barrel including a locking mechanism area, a chamber, a guide area, and a muzzle arranged successively in the longitudinal direction, and (ii) at leas...