ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,580, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SimpliSafe Inc. (Boston).
"Mounting assembly for door lock" was invented by Yong Zhao (Medford, Mass.), Heath Allen Marvin (Woburn, Mass.) and Chaim Carmiel Futran (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock that includes a latch adapted to be moved manually relative to a mounting bracket and lock body to attach the body to the mounting bracket. The latch may be movably mounted to the body, and arranged to capture a portion of the mounting bracket between the latch and the body. A detent may be used to hold the latch in the closed position relative to the body, and a spring may...