US Patent Issued to Wilcox Industries on June 17 for "Scope mount system with offset accessory attachment mount" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,021, issued on June 17, was assigned to Wilcox Industries Corp. (Newington, N.H.).

"Scope mount system with offset accessory attachment mount" was invented by James W. Teetzel (Portsmouth, N.H.) and Gary M. Lemire (Lee, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mount for attaching an optical scope to a weapon includes a base and front and rear lower clamping members extending from the base. The rear lower clamping member is axially spaced apart from the front lower clamping member. A front upper clamping member is attached to the front lower clamping member to define a front scope ring having a front cylindrical bore. A rear upper clampi...