US Patent Issued to Ares Defense Systems on June 23 for "Quick-release firearm gas block" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,227, issued on June 23, was assigned to Ares Defense Systems Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Quick-release firearm gas block" was invented by Geoffrey A Herring (Melbourne, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm gas block assembly includes a gas block having a central bore and a retention member passage. The gas block engages a gas block journal of a barrel via the central bore. The retention member passage intersects the central bore to define an opening between the central bore and the retention member passage. A retention member within the retention member passage is moveable between first and second positions. A portion of the re...