ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,238, issued on June 23, was assigned to Swarovski-Optik AG & Co KG (Absam, Austria).
"Adjustment turret for a riflescope" was invented by Gunther Weiszl (Moellersdorf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment turret for a riflescope has a base socket for mounting on the riflescope; and an adjusting ring which is rotatable about an axis of rotation relative to the base socket in a first rotation direction and in an opposite second rotation direction. An actuation element arranged between the adjusting ring and the base socket is adjustable from a first position to a second position by the rotation of the adjusting ring in ...