US Patent Issued to RUD KETTEN RIEGER & DIETZ GmbH u. on July 22 for "Underwater hook with actuation button and release button" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,262, issued on July 22, was assigned to RUD KETTEN RIEGER & DIETZ GmbH u. Co. KG (Aalen, Germany).

"Underwater hook with actuation button and release button" was invented by Lukas Muhlberger (Bopfingen, Germany) and Michael Betzler (Abtsgmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an underwater hook comprising a jaw latch, which, in a secured condition of the underwater hook, is releasably secured in a position closing a hook jaw. The underwater hook additionally comprises an actuation button which, for opening the jaw latch, is connected to the jaw latch in a motion-transmitting manner and occupies a closed position in...