ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,300, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Industrilas I Nassjo Aktiebolag (Nassjo, Sweden).
"Fitting for an openable element" was invented by Bengt-Ake Alfredsson (Bodafors, Sweden) and Tye Sonney (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a fitting for an openable element such as a door, locker, hatch, window, or the like, and an openable element preferably comprising the fitting. The fitting includes a housing arranged at one side of the openable element. A shaft extends from the housing, such that when the fitting is arranged to the openable element, the shaft extends through a hole image of the op...