ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,297, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to mb-microtec ag (Niederwangen bei Bern, Switzerland).
"Protective cover for an optical sight" was invented by Karsten Richter (Bern, Switzerland), Philipp Michel (Gumligen, Switzerland) and Christian Schoen (Paderborn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective cover for an optical sight of a firearm, with at least one transparent end wall section for protecting either a proximal opening or a distal opening of the optical sight is disclosed. In order to provide a backup sight, it is proposed for the transparent end wall section to have a permanently displayed optical reticle or a part o...