ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,085, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to W&E Platt Pty Ltd (Ingleburn, Australia).
"Mount for a firearm" was invented by Allan Platt (Theresa Park, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mount for attaching one or more firearm accessories to a firearm. The mount comprises a base that is mountable to an upper portion of the firearm, an arm adapted for coupling to a first firearm accessory, and a release assembly connected to the base. The arm is pivotally coupled to the base whereby in an engaged configuration the arm is retained adjacent the base, and in a disengaged configuration the arm is able to pivot away from the base. When ac...