US Patent Issued to Magpul Industries on Nov. 3 for "Drum magazine assembly and methods" (Colorado, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,072, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Magpul Industries Corp. (Austin, Texas).

"Drum magazine assembly and methods" was invented by Timothy Eric Roberts (Broomfield, Colo.), Michael Mayberry (Denver), Brian L Nakayama (Arvada, Colo.), Richard M Fitzpatrick (West Lake Hills, Texas), Eric Nakayama (Broomfield, Colo.) and William Bradley Bennett (Lafayette, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine assembly for a firearm and a related method are disclosed. The assembly has a magazine housing defining a track, and a follower assembly. The magazine housing is configured to constrain a cartridge as the cartridge is moved within the m...