ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. D1,086,349, issued on July 29, was assigned to Springfield Inc. (Geneseo, Ill.).

"Firearm" was invented by Benjamin Boyd McKelvain (Geneseo, Ill.), Stephen H. McKelvain (Geneseo, Ill.), Charles David Williams (Geneseo, Ill.), Nick Ballard (Galva, Ill.), Peter J. Leach (Davenport, Iowa), Christopher Martin Baumbach (LeClaire, Iowa) and Hasan Kepez (Selcuklu, Turkey).

The patent was filed on July 24, 2023, under Application No. D/880,493.

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