ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,839, issued on May 27, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).
"Gate latch assembly" was invented by Scott Calvin Baker (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly includes a rose, a handle rotatably coupled to the rose and rotatable around a rotation axis, and a latch. A biasing member is disposed within the rose and engaged with the latch. The biasing member being selectively connectable to the rose. When the biasing member is connected to the rose, the latch is pivotable around the rotation axis between a latched position and an unlatched position via the handle. The latch ...