ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,846, issued on Sept. 1.
"Accessory mounting attachment for rifle" was invented by Claus Schott (Oberlenningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory mounting attachment for repeatable precise alignment on a rifle has a mounting section with a top rail. The mounting section has a forward portion with a rear sight leg configured for a pivotable mounting to a rear sight base on the rifle, and a rearward portion with a lock down assembly configured to fix the mounting section to a connecting lug at a rear of a receiver of the rifle. The lock down assembly includes an eccentric element, a lug latching frame, and a coupling e...