ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,663, issued on May 13, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Field-handable gate latch" was invented by Zachary Keoki Hong (Irvine, Calif.) and Oscar Romero (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch includes a housing that has a first side and a second side. The latch includes a bolt assembly that is positioned at least partially within the housing. The bolt assembly includes a bolt movable between an extended position and a retracted position relative to at least one of the first and second sides of the housing. The bolt is biased toward at least one of the extended position and ...