ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,773, issued on March 31, was assigned to Sig Sauer Inc. (Newington, N.H.).
"Magazine disconnect mechanism" was invented by Liam E. Taylor (Barrington, N.H.), Sean P. Toner (Merrimack, N.H.) and Derek A. Oaks (Manchester, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firearm has a magazine disconnect mechanism. The firearm includes a trigger operable between a resting position and a pulled position. The magazine disconnect mechanism has a trigger block positioned between the trigger and a magazine well of the firearm, where the trigger block is movable between a blocking position and a non-blocking position. In the blocking position the trig...