US Patent Issued to STRATTEC SECURITY on May 20 for "Push button lock" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,421, issued on May 20, was assigned to STRATTEC SECURITY Corp. (Milwaukee).

"Push button lock" was invented by Scott T. Pollnow (Kewaskum, Wis.), Andrew Noel Goodman (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) and Kurtis L Cherek (Rubicon, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A push button lock an outer case and a button assembly movable relative to the outer case, the button assembly including a driver having a shoulder and a ramped surface. The push button lock also includes a tail movable relative to the outer case, and a spring retainer coupled to the tail. The shoulder is configured to engage and push the tail axially along a longitudinal axis when th...