US Patent Issued to GOODRICH on Oct. 14 for "Bidirectional latch" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,471, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Bidirectional latch" was invented by Brandon Lee (Jamestown, N.D.), Aaron J. Roberts (Jamestown, N.D.) and Michael Schuh (Jamestown, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bidirectional latching device for securing a cargo in a vehicle may have a latch catch assembly and a latch head. The latch catch assembly may selectably engage with the latch head. When engaged with the latch head, the latch catch assembly may lock the latch head in position to resist movement and the latch head may secure the cargo in the vehicle. When disengaged from the latch head, the la...