ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,104, issued on May 13, was assigned to Springfield Inc. (Geneseo, Ill.).
"Firearm sights and assemblies" was invented by Dennis J. Reese (Geneseo, Ill.), Stephen H. McKelvain (Geneseo, Ill.), Nick Ballard (Galva, Ill.) and Peter J. Leach (Davenport, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sights of the present disclosure comprise a housing supporting an optical sighting element, such as one or more lenses or iron sights. A first lateral side of the housing has a laterally-extending protrusion and a lead-in portion forward of the laterally-extending portion. In some arrangements the lead-in portion is laterally-inward of an outermost surf...