ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,546, issued on June 17, was assigned to Southco Inc. (Concordville, Pa.).
"Modular latch system" was invented by Richard E. Schlack (Concordville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression latch for a door includes a driver that is rotatable with respect to the door between an unlocked position and a locked position. The driver is configured to be mounted to one side of the door. A driver shaft is non-rotatably connected to the driver such that the driver shaft rotates along with the driver. In an unlocked position of the driver, the pawl is positioned to permit opening of the door, and, in a locked position of the driver, the...