ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,986, issued on Feb. 10.
"Apparatus for remotely adjusting scope magnification" was invented by Arrius Sorbonne (Layton, Utah) and Benjamin Latham Griffith (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus has a ring adapter coupled to a magnification adjustment ring of a scope and a slider assembly carried on a portion of a firearm spaced from the adapter. The slider assembly has a slider configured for longitudinal translation relative to the firearm and has at least one front pulley located forward of the slider, and a pair of rear pulleys are located below the ring adapter. A cable couples the slider to the ring adapter,...