ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,687, issued on July 15.
"Advanced rotating tension latch" was invented by Javier E. Oliver (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a latch member. The latch member, in one aspect, includes an upper portion and a lower portion extending from one or more surfaces and defining a central axis, the lower portion including first and second lower portions circumferentially spaced from one another and axially spaced from the upper portion to form first and second channels, the first and second lower portions having respective first and second leading peaks opposite the first and second channels, the first leading peak axially offs...