ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,335, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).
"Handgun and magazine therefor" was invented by Adrian Thomele (Stratham, N.H.), Jason Knight (Exeter, N.H.) and Scott D. Shinkle (Greenland, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handgun has a grip portion defining a magazine well, the grip portion having a web region configured to be grasped between a thumb and an index finger, a forward portion of the web region defining a first width. The grip portion also has a palm region configured to be grasped by a user's palm, the palm region defining a second width greater than the first width. A magazine is configur...