US Patent Issued to Ares Defense Systems on Nov. 3 for "Quick-release firearm gas block" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,069, issued on Nov. 3, 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 separate gas block and gas block retaining bodies each having a central bore engageable with a gas block journal of a barrel. The gas block retaining body includes a retention member passage that intersects the central bore of the gas block retaining body to define an opening between the central bore and the retention member passage. A retention member within the retention member passage is moveable...