ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,938, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sportsman Necessities LLC (Ste. Genevieve, Mo.).
"Self-securing retention apparatus" was invented by Brian Delbert Bauman (Ste. Genevieve, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retention apparatus is disclosed that can secure an instrument within the retention apparatus. The retention apparatus may have a receptacle for placement of the instrument, and the instrument may be an elongated instrument. When placed within the receptacle, the instrument may move the receptacle from a first position to a second position. Movement of the receptacle may cause movement of a rod of the retention apparatus ...