ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,876, issued on April 22, was assigned to Troy Industries Inc. (Clarksville, Tenn.).
"Modular firearm sight mounting system" was invented by Brett Dardzinski (Clarksville, Tenn.), Christian Brekken (Clarksville, Tenn.) and Cory Halbrooks (Clarksville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system securing a firearm sight to a firearm accessory rail includes a clamp with a downwardly open rail cavity for slidably engaging the rail. The sight is matched to a plate with pins that correspond to the sockets on the bottom of the sight, and the plate has sockets that correspond to pins on a base that contacts the rail. The clamp exte...