ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,487, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to EMKA BESCHLAGTEILE GMBH & Co. KG (Velbert, Germany).
"Catch" was invented by Florian Wardi (Velbert, Germany), Thorsten Kuhnke (Velbert, Germany) and Andreas Kuhnen (Velbert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an exemplary embodiment, a locking holder with a mounting element in which the locking holder can be fastened to a door frame in a mounting plane, and with a holding surface which is arranged spaced apart with respect to the mounting plane and can be engaged behind by a door-side locking latch in order to lock the door, the holder includes a holding shoe which can be fastened releasa...