US Patent Issued to David S. Matthews on March 18 for "Offset shackle and locking device including same" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,906, issued on March 18, was assigned to David S. Matthews (Putnam, Conn.).

"Offset shackle and locking device including same" was invented by David S. Matthews (Putnam, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is related to construction, namely, discloses a shackle and a locking device comprising said shackle. The technical effect is improving the performance of the device due to a certain design of the shackle. The technical effect is achieved by the fact that the shackle comprises: a first end; a second end, and a plurality of bends between the first end and the second end, thereby forming: a first segment between the f...