ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,908, issued on May 12, was assigned to ZOLI ANTONIO S.R.L. (Gardone val Trompia, Italy).
"Break-barrel firearm" was invented by Paolo Zoli (Gardone val Trompia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a firearm comprising at least one frame; and a barrel group comprising at least one barrel, the barrel group being mounted in a tilting manner with respect to the frame, wherein the frame houses at least one closing device configured to act between the frame and the barrel group so as to selectively prevent the frame of the barrel group from tilting with respect to the frame, and is characterized in that the c...