US Patent Issued on June 3 for "Child safety lock" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,160, issued on June 3.

"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 cupboard or drawer comprising a movable door or drawer and a fixed frame member, the safety lock comprising: a latch member, rail attachment member, a fixing screw and a catch member, the latch part to be fitted on a surface of the fixed frame member, by means of the rail attachment member and the fixing screw; the latch member including a laterally extending tongue, and the rail attachment member including a groove housing comprising a receiving groove to receive the tongue by slidin...