US Patent Issued to Palmetto State Armory on Oct. 27 for "Shotgun optic plate with integrated rear sight" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,868, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Palmetto State Armory LLC (Columbia, S.C.).

"Shotgun optic plate with integrated rear sight" was invented by Thaddeus Boruchowski (Columbia, S.C.), Ryan Crisp (Columbia, S.C.), Chris Daniels (Columbia, S.C.), Ralph Stephen Fisher (Columbia, S.C.), Mark Mnich (Columbia, S.C.) and Thomas Victa (Columbia, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are a shotgun optic plate cover, and methods for making and installing same as well as retrofitting existing shotguns to accommodate the shotgun optic plate cover, with an integrated rear sight to enable either optics enhanced, or non-optics en...