US Patent Issued to Sig Sauer on Aug. 25 for "Machine gun trigger assembly" (New Hampshire Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,672, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).

"Machine gun trigger assembly" was invented by Brian J. Barnhart (Newmarket, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trigger lever assembly includes a link rotatable between a first position and a second position. The link has a first leg extending from an axis of rotation to a first end portion and a second leg extending from the axis of rotation to a second end portion. A trigger lever is mounted to the first end portion of the link and is rotatable between a blocked position and an unblocked position. The trigger lever is biased toward the blocked position. In...