ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,076, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to EMKA BESCHLAGTEILE GMBH & Co. KG (Velbert, Germany).
"Hinge lock" was invented by Markus Schmitz (Bochum, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge lock for locking a door leaf with respect to a door frame and for pivoting the door leaf with respect to the door frame. The hinge lock has a first hinge element for arranging on the door leaf and a second hinge element for arranging on the door frame. The first hinge element and the second hinge element can be locked with respect to one another by means of a bolt which can be moved back and forth in a locking direction between an unlocking pos...