ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,085, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BIZEN HATSUJO Co. LTD. (Okayama, Japan).
"Lock mechanism" was invented by Michiyo Yamane (Okayama, Japan), Yoshinori Taniguchi (Okayama, Japan), Yasushi Taniguchi (Okayama, Japan) and Noriaki Satake (Okayama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock mechanism includes a lock shaft (12) attached to a first bracket (3), a lock shaft support shaft (11), and a biasing spring that biases the lock shaft (12) in a direction in which the lock shaft (12) abuts against a second bracket (4). Rotational movement prevention stoppers (17 and 18) abut against each other, thereby preventing rotation of th...