US Patent Issued to IMC CREATIONS on Aug. 19 for "Lock comprising a slider flush relative to a sole plate provided with a recess for receiving a translation stop preventing the slider from translating" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,173, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to IMC CREATIONS (Boutheon, France).

"Lock comprising a slider flush relative to a sole plate provided with a recess for receiving a translation stop preventing the slider from translating" was invented by James Naudet (Saint-Rambert, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock with a sole plate and a slider, guided in translation relative to one another by a guide between two positions, an extended position and a retracted position. The slider includes a bearing surface which extends in a sliding plane defined by the guide and an indentation relative to the bearing surface forming a translation ...