US Patent Issued to VirTra on July 1 for "High-pressure air drum magazine for belt fed weapon" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,497, issued on July 1, was assigned to VirTra Inc. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"High-pressure air drum magazine for belt fed weapon" was invented by Douglas R. Clark (Phoenix), John B. Kinnard (Mesa, Ariz.), Mitchell Hillis (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Stephen D. Handel (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tether-less recoil kit for a weapon having a trigger with a receiver insert, an air connector plate, and a high-pressure air drum magazine. The receiver insert is configured for attachment to a receiver of a weapon and has a charge chamber and a bolt carrier. The charge chamber has a plunger extending through a rear end of the charge cha...