US Patent Issued to Sig Sauer on Aug. 5 for "Recoil bracket for a handgun" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,168, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).

"Recoil bracket for a handgun" was invented by Chris Bova (Barrington, N.H.) and Jarrod Lemire (Atkinson, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handgun grip module assembly includes a grip module with a handgrip portion, a slide portion, and a trigger guard extending between and connecting the handgrip portion to the slide portion. The slide portion extends longitudinally along a central axis and has opposed sidewalls and a bottom wall. The slide portion defines a bracket recess in the bottom wall and defines a receiver well between the opposed sidewalls and abov...