ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,639, issued on July 7, was assigned to Sellmark Corp. (Mansfield, Texas).

"Quick attach and detach mount for firearms and other objects" was invented by Cody Bench (Irving, Texas), Andrew Pischke (Mansfield, Texas) and Seth D. Fritz (Italy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for coupling an object to a support has an object member that includes an upper surface configured for attachment to a portion of the object, a lower extent including a generally conical object portion depending from the object member; and a notch formed in a portion of the lower extent. A support member includes a lower surface configured for attac...