ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,164, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).

"Firearm stock with adjustable length of pull" was invented by Evan Miller (Exeter, N.H.) and Zachary A. Amico (Northwood, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm stock includes a stock body slidably mounted on a beam. A lever attached to the stock body can be moved between a locked position and at least one unlocked position, where operating the lever moves a locking mechanism between locked and unlocked positions. For example, when the lever is in a first unlocked position, the locking mechanism permits longitudinal adjustment of the stock body along ...