ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,480, issued on April 15, was assigned to Trijicon Inc. (Wixom, Mich.).
"Optical sight mounting system" was invented by Jerry Glen S. Elpedes (Milford, Mich.) and Matthew Stephen Bindon (Walled Lake, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sight includes a housing and an optical element supported by the housing. The housing includes a first surface defining a cavity accessible from a first cavity side of the housing and a bottom side of the housing and an opening extending along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The first surface is configured such that the first cavity is inaccessible from above. The first cavity is configur...