US Patent Issued to O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS on April 7 for "Customer-serviceable forearm assembly" (Connecticut, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,985, issued on April 7, was assigned to O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS INC. (North Haven, Conn.).

"Customer-serviceable forearm assembly" was invented by John Wilson (East Waterboro, Maine) and Peter Duperry (North Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm forearm assembly is provided. Generally included is a forearm retainer that is a flexible component installed in the forearm, which is then momentarily deflected to admit each action bar. Once the forearm assembly is installed in the firearm, the firearm's magazine tube is introduced and prevents further deflection of the retainer, thus locking the forearm assembly together durin...