ST. LOUIS, MO - DoubleTap Defense, LLC, a firearms design and manufacturing company, has received official notification from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that the DoubleTap™ Tactical Pocket Pistol has received a Design and a Utility patent on their innovative concealed carry pistols.

Design patent No. D686685 issued earlier this month provides DoubleTap Defense with design patent rights.

Utility patent No. 8,495,831 issued on July 30, 2013, demonstrates that DoubleTap Defense has invented a new and useful product.

"We at DoubleTap Defense are thrilled to have received Design and Utility patents for DoubleTap Tactical Pocket Pistols," Ray Kohout, inventor of the DoubleTap pistol commented. "What started as my own personal vision of the ultimate concealed carry on a scrap piece of paper has been validated by our loyal customers. The issued and other pending patents will protect our flagship product from copy cats in our marketplace and allow us to continue to bring new evolutions of firearms systems to the American public."

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Laura Burgess Marketing
Laura Burgess
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