ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,578, issued on April 14.
"Ammunition magazine loader" was invented by Jeffrey K. Poston (Florence, Ky.) and Jerry K. Poston (Loveland, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for coding firearm-related components to reduce the risk of loading incorrect ammunition into firearms is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of firearm-related components, each associated with a specific caliber of ammunition and marked with a unique identifier. The unique identifier for each caliber may include at least one of a color, a letter, or a shape. Firearm-related components may include storage units, master storage units, ammu...