ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,992, issued on March 18, was assigned to NIVEL PARTS & MANUFACTURING Co. LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).
"Hinged panel locking assembly" was invented by David Edward Blum (Raleigh, N.C.) and Stephen Michael Page (Fuquay Varina, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking assembly for locking panels of a hinged panel assembly together. The hinged panel assembly has a second movable panel rotatably mounted to a first fixed panel by a hinge. The locking assembly is intended for selectively holding the second panel in position relative to the first panel in a folded configuration. The locking assembly includes a male assembly and a female a...