ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,892, issued on May 6, was assigned to Dan Raz Ltd. (Tirat Carmel, Israel).
"Panel closure apparatus" was invented by Amir Raz (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel closure apparatus has a panel (14) for closing against a strike jamb (12). A locking element (100) is displaceable between a released position and a locked position in which contact surfaces (102, 104) of the locking element and the panel prevent opening of the panel, and are configured so that force applied to open the panel does not generate a force to disengage the locking element. Locking element (100) has an input surface (108) deployed so as to be dis...