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US 1,084,197 · App. 29/801,924 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Muzzle brake

Inventors: William H. Geissele (Lower Gwynedd, PA); Ralph E. DiLemmo (Norristown, PA)
Assignee: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,084,197
App. No.
29/801,924
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a muzzle brake as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2021
From: GEISSELE, WILLIAM H.; DILEMMO, RALPH E.
To: WHG PROPERTIES, LLC
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