US Patent Issued to UNITY Tactical on Oct. 20 for "Magazine floorplate assembly with a tactile round-count indicator" (Louisiana, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,609, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to UNITY Tactical LLC (Broussard, La.).

"Magazine floorplate assembly with a tactile round-count indicator" was invented by Trent Zimmer (Youngsville, La.) and Benjamin Mahan (Martinsville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floorplate assembly with a tactile round-count indicator is disclosed. The assembly includes a floorplate, a tactile indicator, a plunger, and first and second spring elements. The floorplate is configured to be secured to a floor end of an ammunition magazine and includes a slot through which the tactile indicator moves between a retracted position and a protruding positio...