ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,291, issued on Jan. 27.

"Trigger shroud assembly, small arms apparatus, and method" was invented by Sagi Faifer (Mishmar Hashiva, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trigger shroud assembly (14) for a small arms weapon (12) is disclosed. The trigger shroud assembly (14) may include a rail mount (22), an accessory body (28) slidably connected to the rail mount, a spring guide (24) disposed between the rail mount and the accessory body, a resilient member (26) arranged about the spring guide, and a starboard side trigger shroud (32) and a port side trigger shroud (34) connected to the accessory body. A belt clip (36) may be dispose...