ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,143, issued on April 15.
"Device and method for securing a door" was invented by Steve J Castrogiovanni (Montrose, Pa.) and Matthew David Hilbert (LaRaysville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments providing a device to secure a hinge of a door, such as a hinge of a door on a shipping container. The device includes a body member and a clamp member. The body member is L-shaped and is placed over a the hinge of the door and the clamp member is placed over a door panel and attached to the body member via a bolt inserted through the clamp member to attach to the body member. Access to the bolt is limited by ...