ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,156, issued on March 17, was assigned to Elite Tactical Systems Group LLC (Cheyenne, Wyo.).
"Hybrid magazine for a firearm" was invented by George E. Loveday IV (Lenior City, Tenn.), Nathan Dudney (Nashville, Tenn.), Mark Hillis (Manchester, Tenn.), Evan Dungan (Christiana, Tenn.) and Joel Stanley (Smyrna, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid firearm magazine. The hybrid firearm magazine has a first section fabricated from a sheet material and a second section molded from a plastic. The first section includes a mating edge defining one or more recesses. The second section engages the mating end of the first section with the...