ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,555, issued on April 14, was assigned to Orpaz Defense Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).
"Retaining magazine in magazine well" was invented by Simon Ivgi (Herzliya, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine retention device includes a housing having a front surface and a back surface, a firearm attachment member for securing the magazine retention device to a portion of a firearm, a movable stop lever which includes a tab extending from a base member, the base member including an abutment face, and a pushing member which is urged against the abutment face by a biasing device. The movable stop lever has a locked position, in which t...