US Patent Issued to Magpul Industries on Aug. 4 for "Adjustable firearm stock with passive tensioning mechanism" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,946, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Magpul Industries Corp. (Austin, Texas).

"Adjustable firearm stock with passive tensioning mechanism" was invented by Robert Allan Ross (Golden, Colo.) and Timothy Eric Roberts (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure relate to adjustable stocks for firearms and methods for installing an independently sprung tensioning mechanism. The adjustable stock comprises a stock body attached to a buffer tube, with a lever-operated tensioning mechanism. The mechanism includes a tensioning block with fins to grip the buffer tube, an indexing pin, and a retaining pin. Wh...