US Patent Issued to Ares Defense Systems on Jan. 20 for "Ammunition convertible firearm" (Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,535, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ares Defense Systems Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Ammunition convertible firearm" was invented by Geoffrey A. Herring (Melbourne, Fla.), Angela M. Vazquez (Springfield, Mass.) and Jason Winderweedle (Melbourne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm as disclosures herein comprises a main receiver body, a barrel, a breech bolt structure, a buffer assembly, a trigger group assembly, a bolt catch and at least one of an auto-sear, a magazine adapter and a breech bolt anti-rotation structure. The main receiver body is preferably of a monolithic construction whereby the handguard and breech bolt c...