ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,562, issued on April 14, was assigned to Leapers Inc. (Livonia, Mich.).
"Barrel nut handguard system" was invented by Tai-lai Ding (Northville, Mich.) and Cody M. Schulz (Commerce Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrel nut handguard system can include a handguard with a sidewall defining a bridge opening extending to a handguard interior, a barrel nut defining a registration groove around a periphery of the barrel nut, and a connector bridge in the bridge opening so that a contact surface engages the first registration groove. A fastener extending between the connector bridge and handguard can be tightened so the ba...