US Patent Issued to Sheltered Wings on March 17 for "Scope turret" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,167, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sheltered Wings Inc. (Barneveld, Wis.).

"Scope turret" was invented by Seth Toy (Barneveld, Wis.), Scott Parks (Barneveld, Wis.), David Hamilton (Barneveld, Wis.) and Rob Morell (Barneveld, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riflescope with a scope body has a movable optical element defining an optical axis connected to the scope body. The riflescope also has a turret having an outer knob and a turret screw defining a screw axis and operably connected to the optical element for changing the optical axis in response to rotation of the turret screw. The riflescope also includes a zero-adjust...