ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,431, issued on April 21, was assigned to Vantac Technologies LLC (Darby, Mont.).

"Structures for firearms" was invented by Joede Thomas Vanek (Florence, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buffer tube for a firearm can include a body defining an interior cavity for receiving a buffer spring and a rail disposed on and/or formed from the outer surface of the body. The rail can include one or more pin holes configured to receive a pin of a stock to lock the stock in a position. The buffer tube can also include a slide bar channel defined through at least a portion of the rail and configured to allow a slide bar to slide therein rela...