ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,624, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Southwire Co. LLC.
"Utility box cover" was invented by Agus Suryana The (Mesa, Ariz.) and Jason Peter Thomas (Mesa, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility box be provided. The utility box may comprise a base and a lid. The base may comprise a keeper that may comprise a keeper opening. The lid may be hingedly attached to the base. The lid may comprise a tang comprising a tang opening wherein the lid may be operative to hingedly close on the base. When the lid is closed on the base, the keeper may be operative to retain the tang and the keeper opening and the tang opening may align."
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