ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,291, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS LLC (Troy, Mich.).
"Latch with hold open lever" was invented by Harish Gajendra (Bangalore, India), Donald Michael Perkins (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Carlos Villagrana Noris (Chihuahua, Mexico) and Arun Murthy Murthy (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch, including: a claw movably mounted to the latch for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position; a pawl movably mounted to the latch for movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the pawl prevents the claw from moving from the latched position to the unlatched pos...