US Patent Issued to Sig Sauer on July 28 for "Magazine catch for a firearm" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,082, issued on July 28, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).

"Magazine catch for a firearm" was invented by Jacqueline K. McNally (Rochester, N.H.) and Aaron C. Sakash (Somersworth, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine catch for a firearm has a catch body, a leg extending longitudinally from the catch body to a distal end, where the leg has a first leg portion and a second leg portion spaced from one another by a longitudinal gap such that the second leg portion can flex independently of the first leg portion. A catch protrusion is on a distal end portion of the leg, where the longitudinal gap extends through t...