Firearm

Patents tagged Firearm

Mar 10, 2026

US12571601 - Charging slide for foldable firearm

A charging slide for carrying a bolt and latching a firearm in a folded position. The charging slide comprises a body, a projection, and a grip. The projection extends away from a first surface of the body along a first axis. The projection is configured to engage the bolt. The grip extends away from a first side of the body along a second axis oriented transversely to the first axis. The grip comprises a surface configured to engage an edge of a slot in a handguard of the firearm when the firearm is in the folded position. A receiver assembly and foldable firearm comprising the charging slide are also included.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571602 - Trigger assembly

A trigger assembly can include a sear defining a trigger bar engagement surface and a reset notch; and a trigger bar including an upper leg, the upper leg defining a sear engagement surface, the upper leg deflectable from a default leg shape to a disconnected leg shape, the sear engagement surface laterally aligned with the trigger bar engagement surface when the upper leg is in the default leg shape, the sear engagement surface laterally misaligned from the trigger bar engagement surface when the upper leg is in the disconnected leg shape.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571603 - Silencer for multi barrel weapon systems

A suppressor for a multi-barrel weapon system includes an adapter baffle configured to engage the weapon system and receive the muzzles of the barrels, a plurality of extension baffles configured to be aligned with and arranged in a stack on the adapter baffle, and an endcap baffle configured to align with the extension baffles and engage the final extension baffle in the stack. A plurality of projectile apertures in each baffle aligns with the muzzles to define a plurality of parallel bullet paths. Each projectile aperture can be in fluid communication with each other projectile aperture. Each extension baffle can include a plurality of internal vanes configured to circulate propellant gasses emitted from the muzzles of each barrel within an interior space at least partially defined by the extension baffle. The adapter baffle can define an expansion space in which propellant gases emitted from each muzzle comingle during discharge of the weapon system.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571604 - Firearm for unmanned underwater vehicles

An underwater firearm is disclosed. The underwater firearm includes a barrel for receiving an ammunition. A slip mechanism is utilized to removably secure the underwater firearm to an unmanned underwater vehicle. The slip mechanism includes a pillow block secured to the unmanned underwater vehicle, a shear ring situated within a barrel groove of the barrel, a collet wrapped around the shear ring, and a capture nut, along with the collet, for confining the shear ring within the barrel groove in order to secure the barrel in order to enable accurate aiming before firing.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571605 - Firearm shooting rest

A weapon support and associated components and methods. The weapon support includes a frame including one or more legs, and the weapon support includes a weapon support head supported by the frame. The weapon support head includes a cradle including first and second jaws configured to selectively clamp the weapon. The cradle can be pivoted relative to the frame to adjust an aim of the weapon relative to the frame.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571608 - Handguard exhaust structure of firearm

A handguard exhaust structure of a firearm includes: a barrel, a piston mechanism parallelly arranged with the barrel in a length direction and a positioning end, a sleeve extended from the positioning end, and a piston member actuating within the sleeve, two exhaust holes are respectively disposed at two sides of the sleeve and arranged to be adjacent to the positioning end; and a handguard allowing the barrel and the piston mechanism to be disposed therein, two divergent stoppers are respectively disposed on the handguard at locations corresponding to the two exhaust holes, each of the divergent stoppers is formed along a length direction of the handguard, a lower diverter hole and an upper diverter hole penetrating the handguard are disposed at two sides of each of the divergent stoppers. Accordingly, effects of lowering the temperature and prevent hands from being burnt are achieved.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571609 - Quick release holster

A holster assembly includes a holster having an interior shaped to receive a handgun, and an entrance. An ejection port restraint pivotally connected to the holster includes a latch and is biased toward an obstruction position for engaging the latch with the ejection port of the handgun. A release device mounted on the holster body is configured to actuate both the ejection port restraint and the hood restraint, each toward the respective non-obstruction position thereof, in response to a single movement by a user to allow the handgun to be withdrawn from the holster.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571610 - Optical sight for firearm with integral rear sight

A passively and naturally illuminated optical reflex sighting system for a firearm in one embodiment includes a housing configured for detachable coupling to the firearm, an optical lens supported by the housing, a fiber optic element, and a light-transmissible cover enclosing the fiber optic element. The cover and fiber optic element are in visual communication with ambient light which is collected by fiber optic element through the cover. In operation, the fiber optic element absorbs ambient light and generates a reticle on the lens for aiming the firearm. A red or other colored dot reticle may be projected on the lens in some embodiments. No onboard artificial light is used to illuminate the fiber optic element. The housing may include an integrally-formed rear sight which is alignable with a front sight to aim the firearm independently of the fiber optics generated reticle.

Mar 10, 2026

US12571611 - Method and system for rail grabber with attenuated mechanical response

An attenuated rail grabber includes a rigid support member operable to be mounted on a weapon and support an optical device including a first fastener receiver and a second fastener receiver. The attenuated rail grabber includes a fastening mechanism coupled to the rigid support member and operable to fasten the rigid support member to the weapon. The attenuated rail grabber includes a first spring feature coupled to the rigid support member. The first spring feature includes a fore mounting tab having a fore fastener aperture. The attenuated rail grabber also includes a second spring feature coupled to the rigid support member. The second spring feature includes an aft mounting tab having an aft fastener aperture. The fore fastener aperture is operable to receive a first fastener joined to the first fastener receiver and the aft fastener aperture is operable to receive a second fastener joined to the second fastener receiver.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566036 - Firearm receiver

Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for use in or with firearms. A firearm receiver includes an elongated channel machined or 3D printed from a metallic material, and has a front end and a rear end. The firearm also includes a front trunnion having a rear portion coupled to the front end of the elongated channel and having a front portion configured to couple to a handguard. Also includes is a rear trunnion coupled to the rear end and configured to receive an accessory adapter.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566037 - Hunting or sports weapon with improved magazine arrangement

A hunting or sports weapon with a handguard ( 4 ) attached to a receiver ( 5 ) and a barrel ( 3 ), wherein the barrel ( 3 ) with a cartridge chamber ( 34 ) leads into a breechblock ( 26 ) and forms a breech face ( 20 ) for the cartridge to be fired there, wherein a magazine well ( 24 ) for the introduction of a magazine ( 17 ) is arranged on or in the receiver ( 5 ), and on the receiver ( 5 ) a trigger unit ( 6 ), wherein a buttstock ( 11 ) adjoins the receiver ( 5 ), wherein the magazine ( 17 ) is arranged in a swivel unit ( 31 ) which can be swung away in a horizontal axis or in a plug unit ( 32 ) and is integrated at least partly in the buttstock ( 11 ).

Mar 3, 2026

US12566038 - Electromechanical sear and methods of operating a gun using the same

The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566040 - Firearm

A firearm with a slide and a frame. The slide has a slide rail. The frame has a frame rail. The frame rail interfaces with the slide rail. The frame rail has a lubrication groove and a debris removal port. The lubrication groove extends along a surface of the frame rail that bears against the slide rail during operation of the firearm. The debris removal port has gap within the frame rail proximate to an end of the lubrication groove.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566042 - Reduced length crossbow

A crossbow including a center rail including a bottom portion, a proximal end, and a distal end positioned opposite the proximal end, the center rail at least partially defining a crossbow length and a midpoint plane intersecting a horizontal midpoint of the crossbow, a riser extending horizontally from the distal end, one or more limbs coupled to the riser, and a trigger extending from the bottom portion of the center rail and positioned within ten percent of the crossbow length from the midpoint plane.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566045 - Rear firearm sight slide elevator

A rear firearm sight slide elevator with a base member that is configured to surround a part of a firearm barrel and first and second clips that are situated on top of the base member and parallel to each other, with the first clip situated along a first side of the base member and the second clip situated on a second side of the base member. Each clip has a top part in the form of an elongated member, a bottom part in the form of an elongated ramp, and a hinge that connects the top part to the bottom part at a rear end of the clip. The elongated member includes a plurality of teeth that extend downwardly from a bottom surface of the elongated member. The hinge may be rounded or rectangular in shape.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566047 - Dual trigger weapon control system with integrated manual and assisted targeting

The devices, systems, and methods described herein are directed to a manual and assisted targeting system integrated into a weapon control system that includes dual triggers. One trigger is fully manual and is always operational. The second trigger is electronically controlled and is linked to aiming sensors, targeting sensors, and a controller comprising firing control logic. The firing control logic calculates an aim goal, based at least partially on location information pertaining to the target, and determines when the difference between the aimpoint of the weapon and the aim goal is below a threshold. In response to this determination, a control signal is sent to a trigger actuator to fire the weapon.

Mar 3, 2026

US12566054 - Maneuvering aeromechanically stable sabot system

An aeromechanically stable sabot system that includes a center of gravity that is placed forward of an aerodynamic center of the aeromechanically stable sabot system when in steady-state flight. By placing the center of gravity forwards of the aerodynamic center, the sabot system exhibits positive longitudinal and directional stability. To illustrate, the sabot system and/or portions thereof will return to stable flight after being disturbed in pitch (vertically or about a transverse horizontal axis) or yaw (side to side or about a vertical axis) when traveling horizontally.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560392 - Action system for firearm

An action system for reducing recoil and muzzle rise in firearms is provided. The action system includes an outer housing having an internal cavity, a buffer tube in operable communication with a bolt carrier group of a firearm, and a slidable buffer within the buffer tube. A lever arm, pivotally secured within the outer housing, is operably connected to the buffer and moves radially under the buffer's force. A spring in the cavity engages with the lever arm, compressing as the lever arm is acted upon by the linear force produced by a bolt carrier group until the spring force exceeds the linear force, thus forcing the buffer in a direction opposite the direction of the linear force.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560394 - Firearm monitoring devices, systems, and methods

A firearm safety sensing system for the monitoring and detection of firearm movement including a firearm storage device configured to store a firearm, a firearm monitoring device including one or more processors, sensors, and communication interfaces. The sensors are positioned to sense when either the firearm stored in the firearm storage device and/or the firearm storage device changes position relative to the sensors and may detect when the firearm storage device has been opened or unlocked. The processor receives sense signals, determine whether the sense signal represents a change in position of the firearm relative to the sensors, and send, via a communication interface and firearm monitoring device, a change in position notification to the user and may receive instructions to execute from the user. A user may manually or automatically prevent the firearm storage device from being opened. Multi-factor authentication may be enabled if power or communications are disrupted.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560395 - Weapon system with operator identification

A weapon system for a firearm includes a processor, the processor having an associated memory, and an optical reader, the optical reader configured to receive operator-identification information and transmit the operator-identification information to the processor.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560396 - Assembly for a firearm

An assembly ( 1 ) for a firearm ( 2 ). The assembly includes a muzzle device ( 3 ) configured to be attached to the firearm ( 2 ), a substantially tubular muzzle adapter ( 9 ), a substantially tubular attachment mount ( 15 ), a substantially tubular clutch collar ( 19 ), and a device ( 23 ) such as a sound suppressor. The device ( 23 ) is releasably attached to the substantially tubular attachment mount ( 15 ) by an attachment device ( 25 ). The muzzle device ( 3 ) is configured to be releasably received in the substantially tubular muzzle adapter ( 9 ). The substantially tubular muzzle adapter ( 9 ) is attached to the substantially tubular clutch collar ( 19 ) for rotation about the longitudinal central axis A together with the substantially tubular clutch collar ( 19 ) with respect to the device ( 23 ), to the muzzle device ( 3 ) and to the substantially tubular attachment mount ( 15 ) between (i) a locking position, and (ii) an unlocking position.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560397 - Rifle bipod assembly

A bipod assembly includes a first yoke configured to be attached to a firearm. A second yoke is pivotably attached to the first yoke. Right and left legs are pivotably connected to the second yoke and movable between an open position and a closed position. The bipod assembly is movable between a stowed and locked position, a stowed and unlocked position, a deployed and unlocked position, and a deployed and locked position. In a locked position, part of each leg engages the first yoke to maintain the leg's open or closed position as well as the leg's deployed or stowed position. The bipod assembly enables one-hand deployment from a stowed state.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560398 - Bipod

A system for a bipod. The system includes a coupler to couple at least one leg to a firearm. The leg includes one flexible joint which allows the leg to flex about a flexible joint. The system allows conversion of the flexible leg from a flexible position to a rigid position whereby flexing about the flexible joint is prevented. A lock is manipulated to convert the leg from rigid to flexible.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560399 - Bipod

Adjustable leg fastening arrangement ( 200 ) for a bipod ( 1 ) for a rifle ( 2 ), the adjustable leg fastening arrangement comprising a first pivoting part ( 210 ), arranged to be fastened to a leg part ( 100 ); a second pivoting part ( 220 ), arranged to be fastened to a bipod main part ( 300 ) or to the rifle, the second pivoting part being pivotable in relation to the first pivoting part. The invention is characterised in that the adjustable leg fastening arrangement further comprises a conical recess ( 211 ) and a conical part ( 221 ), an outer surface of the conical part being arranged to engage in a friction engagement with an inner surface of said conical recess, the conical recess and the conical part each being arranged to be rotationally-fixedly attached to a respective different one of said first pivoting part and said second pivoting part; and a screw engagement means ( 201 ) arranged to press the conical part axially into and against the conical recess, thereby increasing a friction of said friction engagement. The invention also relates to a method.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560401 - Firearm magazine with deployable stand

A stand assembly for providing support to a firearm comprises a housing and a base. The housing includes a track body. The track body defines a plurality grooves. A tracking mechanism is configured to slidably engage the track body and navigate along the plurality of grooves. A joint mechanism is coupled to the tracking mechanism. A plurality of support members and a pull rod are coupled to the joint mechanism. The base is secured to the pull rod and is configured to releasably circumscribe an outer surface of the housing. The plurality of support members are configured to transition from a retracted position within the housing to a deployed position outside of the housing when the base is released from the outer surface of the housing and moved distally away from the housing.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560402 - Recoil system

A field gun, comprising an elevating mass and a wheeled carriage. The elevating mass includes an ordnance for firing a projectile, and a cradle for holding the ordnance at a traverse and an elevation. The ordnance includes a barrel defining a barrel axis and having a muzzle towards a front end of the field gun and a breech assembly at a rear end of the barrel. The wheeled carriage is connected to the cradle and includes at least one wheel, a rechargeable electric storage device, and a regenerative braking system, which includes a brake control configured for applying a braking force to said at least one wheel in response to movement of the wheeled carriage, said movement caused by a recoil force from the firing of the projectile from the barrel.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560403 - Protector for hand of firearm user and method for use thereof

A gun/hand muff for protecting portions of a gun user's hand, wrist, and/or forearm from the elements is provided. The gun/hand muff defines an interior cavity for ultimately receiving portions of a gun and portions of at least a gun user's hand and possibly portions of the gun user's wrist and forearm therein. The interior cavity is used to protect portions of the gun and the gun user's hand (and possibly portions of the gun user's wrist and forearm) from the elements, while simultaneously affording contact of the gun user's hand with the portions of the gun received in the interior cavity.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560404 - Crossbow

The present disclosure is directed to a crossbow having first and second limbs with distal portions pivotally coupled to the frame at distal limb mounts and proximal portions pivotally coupled to the frame at proximal limb mounts. First and second cams are attached to the first and second limbs at locations between the distal portion and the proximal portions. A cocking mechanism slides on the center rail to engage with a draw string in the released configuration and slides to a retracted position to move the draw string to the drawn configuration and to engage with a trigger assembly.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560405 - Multi-directional adjustable holster hanger

The present invention is directed to various embodiments of a multi-directional adjustable holster hanger device configured to be coupled with a holster that can be independently adjusted in a plurality of separate spatial orientations relative to the body of a user to provide a personalized holster configuration to accommodate a rapid and consistent draw of a holstered firearm.

Feb 24, 2026

US12560411 - Mount assembly for firearm

Some embodiments include an optic guard for a firearm, the optic guard including: a frame; and a bracket having a side to attach to a firearm assembly, the bracket integrally formed with the frame or fixably attached to the frame; wherein the frame is arranged to cover part of a front of an optic housing when the side of the bracket is attached to the firearm assembly. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553677 - Firearm warning assembly

A firearm warning assembly includes a band comprising a first edge region having an insert hole and a second edge region opposite the first edge region having an attachment hole and an attachment insert. The attachment insert includes a base and a post extending from the base and engageable with the insert hole. A method includes engaging an attachment insert comprising a base and a post extending from the base with an insert hole in a first edge region of a band, positioning the band around a firearm, and engaging the post with an attachment hole in a second edge region of the band opposite the first edge region to secure the band to the firearm.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553680 - Dynamically balanced trigger system

A dynamically balanced trigger system for a firearm. The dynamically balanced trigger has a specific design, orientation, weights, and cutouts such as to provide a balanced trigger, where the chances of accidental discharge due to drops, shocks, and impacts are dramatically reduced. Unlike other triggers, the dynamically balanced trigger system has a trigger with a center of gravity near the center point of the trigger, which weights the trigger components against itself to prevent movement, such as may be caused by dropping the firearm, thereby helping prevent an unintentional discharge of the firearm.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553681 - Dynamically balanced trigger system

A dynamically balanced trigger system for a firearm. The dynamically balanced trigger has a specific design, orientation, weights, and cutouts such as to provide a balanced trigger, where the chances of accidental discharge due to drops, shocks, and impacts are dramatically reduced. Unlike other triggers, the dynamically balanced trigger system has a trigger with a center of gravity near the center point of the trigger, which weights the trigger components against itself to prevent movement, such as may be caused by dropping the firearm, thereby helping prevent an unintentional discharge of the firearm.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553686 - Cover assembly for weapon handguard

A cover assembly for a weapon handguard can include a cover panel and end connectors configured to mount within an elongated slot, such as an M-LOKĀ® style or other slot. The cover panel can include opposing interior rails that engage corresponding rails on the end connectors. Each end connector includes a capture flange that extends beyond the slot to engage the interior of the handguard, securing the cover panel externally without extending into the slot. Ramps on the cover panel and end connectors can urge the connectors apart along the slot, achieving a fixed spacing and securement. Cable slots can be defined between components to route cables under the cover panel and above the handguard. The assembly can enable a secure, tool-free attachment of a cover panel over a weapon handguard slot, allowing for cable management and protective coverage without permanent modification. A related method of use is provided.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553687 - Weapon sight

A handgun may include a slider-integrated active illumination sight. By integration of electrical connectors into the slider that conduct power from a rear powered sight to a front sight mounting area, a light source inside the front sight can emit light to the shooter's eye and make the front sight visible in any light condition. In combination with actively illuminated rear sight marks, the user now sees three evenly illuminated aiming marks. Alternatively, light can be conveyed from the rear unit to the front aiming marks by means of fiber optics.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553688 - Optical system with cant indication

An electronic indicator on a see-through optical scope indicates whether an optical system is canted. The visual indicator may include one or more LEDs coupled to a microprocessor that is also coupled to a solid-state electronic inclinometer incorporated into the internal structure of the optical system. The microprocessor is configured to selectively illuminate the visual indicator based on the output of the inclinometer, thereby indicating how the reticle is canted, if at all.

Feb 17, 2026

US12553689 - Compensating for projectile weight in ballistics

An apparatus, system, computer-readable medium, and/or process to measure, sense, or otherwise obtain weight of a projectile and use that information to generate instructions to adjust aim of the projectile. For example, instructions may indicate a desired weight of a projectile for performance.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546546 - Break-barrel firearm with improved manageability

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 sliding manner with respect to the frame, wherein the frame houses at least one trigger device configured to trigger the firing of an ammunition, a safety device configured to act on the trigger device so as to selectively disengage it, and a closing device configured to act between the frame and the barrel group so as to prevent the barrel group from tilting with respect to the frame, and is characterized in that it comprises an actuation element configured to selectively activate the safety device and the closing device.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546547 - Firearm platform and method of connecting upper and lower receivers

A firearm platform and method of connecting an upper receiver to a lower receiver. The upper receiver has a pivot lug and a takedown lug with perimeter openings in opposite directions. The lower receiver has a locking member that pushes against the takedown lug which causes the upper receiver to displace forward. As a result of the forward displacement, a pivot pin in the lower receiver exerts an opposing force against the pivot lug. The locking member is displaced between a locked and unlocked position through a lever located on an exterior surface of the lower receiver. When the locking member is in the locked position, the lower receiver and uppers receiver form a connection that is tight and free from slop.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546548 - Charging handle assembly for pistol slide

In some examples, a charging handle assembly for a pistol slide includes a base including at least one connecting feature to facilitate connection of the base adjacent a lateral side of a pistol slide and a charging handle including a base portion and a lever portion, the charging handle having a length extending from a proximal end at the base portion to a distal end of the lever portion, wherein the base portion of the charging handle is connected to the base to permit the charging handle to move between a first position relative to the base and a second position relative to the base.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546549 - Firearm

A firearm comprises a frame; a barrel; a hand grip; a breechblock slidable along the frame; a striker slidable in the breechblock; a longitudinal elastic device for the recovery of the recoil kinetic energy for rearming the striker; and a closing block for locking the breechblock in the closing position, the closing block having a body which extends longitudinally and having a rear wall engaged with a downward protrusion integral with the barrel, a front wall engageable with the breechblock and a longitudinal recess which opens at the front wall, where the longitudinal elastic device for the recovery of kinetic energy has a longitudinal rear portion housed in the recess and a longitudinal front portion retractable towards the inside of the recess, and is longitudinally interposed between a front stop abutment solidly constrained to the breechblock and a rear stop abutment solidly constrained to the frame.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546550 - Firearm

A firearm, particularly a gun operating by recoil exploitation, comprising: a frame; a barrel, a hand grip; a breechblock slidable for the closing of the breech of the barrel; a striker; a longitudinal elastic device for the recovery of the recoil kinetic energy of the breechblock for rearming the striker; a release lever having a coupling position and a release position of the striker; a single action trigger mechanism comprising a trigger and a trigger transmission rod operatively connected to the trigger and to the release lever, and an antagonist lever to the release lever, the mass of the antagonist lever being distributed and arranged to strain the antagonist lever with inertial forces that contrast the release lever for preventing the accidental release of the striker.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546551 - Muzzle assembly for a firearm

A muzzle device for a firearm may include a device body and a plurality of ball bearings. The device body may be configured to be removably secured to a mount body of a mount configured to be secured to a barrel of the firearm, the mount body including a plurality of lugs each extending radially outward relative to a longitudinal axis of the mount and including a stop and a detent. The device body may include a plurality of protrusions each extending radially inward relative to a longitudinal axis of the muzzle device and configured to engage the stop of a respective lug of the mount to prevent rotation of the muzzle device relative to the mount in a first direction. The ball bearings each may be configured to move relative to the device body and to engage the detent of a respective lug of the mount to inhibit rotation of the muzzle device relative to the mount in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546552 - Quick-connect muzzle accessory

A muzzle accessory for coupling to a firearm barrel, the firearm barrel including a chamber for receiving a firearm round, a firing tube extending distally from the chamber to a distal end of the firearm barrel, the muzzle accessory can comprise a main body having a proximal end, a distal end, a through-channel extending longitudinally between the proximal end and the distal end, and a keyed receptacle within the through-channel; and a lock coupled to the main body, the lock being positionable into an unlocked position to permit insertion of the distal end of the firearm barrel within the through-channel of the main body, the lock being further positionable into a locked position to prevent removal of the distal end of the firearm barrel from the main body after the firearm barrel is inserted into the through-channel.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546553 - Firearm magazine shooting rest with a tool storage receptacle

A shooting rest for a firearm magazine may include a body having a front end and a rear end, with the body including a floor having a top side and a bottom side disposed opposite one another, a plurality of legs extending from the bottom side of the floor and configured for supporting the shooting rest on a surface, a plurality of walls extending from the top side of the floor and defining a magazine receptacle configured for removably receiving a bottom portion of the firearm magazine therein, a tool receptacle disposed on one of the plurality of walls and configured for removably receiving at least a portion of a tool therein, and a pliable arm disposed adjacent to the tool receptacle and configured for releasably retaining the at least a portion of the tool within the tool receptacle.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546555 - Crossbow with plates supporting limbs

A crossbow includes a first plate and a second plate. The second plate is coupled to the first plate, extends substantially parallel to the first plate, and is spaced apart from the first plate. The crossbow includes an upper flexible limb coupled with the first plate at a first mounting location of the first plate and a lower flexible limb coupled with the second plate at the first mounting location of the second plate. The crossbow includes a pulley coupled with the upper flexible limb and the lower flexible limb. A draw string is operatively engaged with the pulley and is configured to move from a released position to a drawn position. A cocking mechanism is coupled with the first plate and the second plate at the respective second mounting locations. The cocking mechanism is configured to move the draw string from the released position the drawn position.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546561 - Adjustable comb riser for firearm and non-firearm stock and associated methods

An adjustable comb riser has an elongated stock profile that protrudes above the factory firearm or non-firearm stock, a rear face that clamps between the factory stock backplate and factory recoil pad, using the recoil pad screw holes in the stock backplate without modification. The rear face includes slots that will allow the riser to adjust vertically up and down in order to give the shooter a proper cheek rest on the firearm or non-firearm.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546562 - Locking systems and methods for handguard of a firearm

A handguard is for a firearm having a firearm upper. The handguard includes a body and a cam. The body is structured to be coupled to the firearm upper. The body has a central lumen having a longitudinal axis. The cam may be coupled to the body in substantially perpendicular alignment to the longitudinal axis and is configured to rotate between an UNLOCKED position and a LOCKED position. When the cam rotates from the UNLOCKED position toward the LOCKED position, the cam rotates into the central lumen.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546565 - Restroom stall firearm receptacle

An example firearm receptacle includes a mounting structure, a firearm holder, and a door stopper. The mounting structure is configured to be fixably mounted to one of a wall or a door. The door stopper is configured to transition between a deployed position and a stowed position. In the example embodiment, the door stopper is configured to impede the opening of the door when the door stopper is in the deployed position and to allow the opening of the door when the door stopper is in the stowed position. The door stopper is additionally configured to prevent the door stopper from transitioning to the stowed position when a firearm is disposed in the firearm holder.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546567 - Methods for aiming a firearm relative to a disturbed pointer and systems thereof

Aiming a firearm via a disturbed pointer is disclosed and can include receiving a mounting position of a ballistic aiming system with respect to a boresight of the firearm, a detected cant of the firearm, and a determined range to a target. An adjusted aiming solution for the target can be determined based on the mounting position, the detected cant, and the determined range. A projectable pattern of one or more elements can be generated, wherein an element of the elements can be related to a disturbed pointer corresponding to the adjusted aiming solution for the target. A light source can be controlled to output a portion of the projectable pattern of one or more elements comprising the element related to the disturbed pointer, wherein the disturbed pointer can be projected as the adjusted aiming solution for the target.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546568 - Firearm training apparatus and related methods of use

A method of firearm training includes the step of attaching a cord to a firearm and the step of attaching the cord to a frame. The frame may include two vertically oriented members oriented in parallel spaced relation. Several attachment points are disposed upon the vertical members, and the cord may be engaged with an attachment point selected from the several attachment points. The method of firearm training includes the step of tensioning the cord while aiming the firearm thereby applying a force to the firearm. In various aspects, the cord may be attached to the firearm by attaching the cord to a loop that is attached to a rail secured to the firearm. Related firearm training apparatus are also disclosed.

Feb 10, 2026

US12546569 - Low profile rail mount for firearm

A low profile rail mounting system, comprises an adaptor for mounting an accessory on a firearm rail. The adaptor can include flexible material such that the adaptor can be snapped into position to mount the adaptor on the firearm rail. The adaptor includes opposite grooves that receive the firearm rail to maintain the adaptor on the rail.