ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,943, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to WHG PROPERTIES LLC (North Wales, Pa.).

"Trigger assembly with safety features" was invented by William H. Geissele (Lower Gwynedd, Pa.) and William Quigley (Souderton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a trigger assembly, firearm, and various methods and components. An example assembly includes a lower trigger body comprising a trigger lever; a disconnector rotatable relative to the lower trigger body; a trigger tower rotatable relative to the lower trigger body and the disconnector, the trigger tower defining a trigger tower hook; and a hammer defining a hammer sear hook configured...