ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,078, issued on July 8.
"Child safety lock" was invented by Jesper Birk Andersen (Kowloon, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A child safety lock for a door or drawer includes a latch part and a catch part, the latch part configured to be fitted on a fixed frame member and including a latching protrusion including a through hole for receiving at least one spring biased bolt of the catch part, the catch part including a slot which receives the latching protrusion, wherein the at least one spring biased bolt extends across the slot and into the hole when the latching protrusion is located in the slot to lock the catch part to the latch...