ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,659, issued on May 13, was assigned to I-TEK METAL MFG. Co. LTD. (Tainan, Taiwan).
"Lock case with an anti-pick function" was invented by Tsung-Yu Huang (Tainan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock case with an anti-pick function is mounted on a door. The lock case includes a latch for retaining the door in a closed position. When the door is closed, an anti-pick latch of the lock case is in a retracted position to pivot an anti-pick member of the lock case to an anti-pick position, such that the latch cannot be picked to the latching position. When the door is not closed or a connecting member of the lock case is operated t...