ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,041, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Grip Force LLC (Chardon, Ohio).
"Magazine base pad" was invented by Frank J. Royce (Chardon, Ohio), William H. Rogers (St. Augustine, Fla.) and Zachary H. Wells (Waynesville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm magazine base pad comprises a base pad body adapted to be removably secured to a lower end of a magazine body, the base pad body including a front portion, a rear portion, a pair of opposed side portions, and a lower portion. The lower portion of the base pad body, when viewed in a cross-sectional plane parallel to and medially of the opposed side portions and in a cross-sectiona...