US Patent Issued to Sunshine Enclosures on April 22 for "Pressure sensitive flexible button lock and retractable package thereof" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,928, issued on April 22, was assigned to Sunshine Enclosures LLC (New York).

"Pressure sensitive flexible button lock and retractable package thereof" was invented by Edward Ubell (New York) and Harry Kubetz (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention of the present disclosure may be a pressure sensitive locking mechanism comprising a first tine, a second tine, and a third tine. The locking mechanism may further comprise a tab disposed on the second tine, where the tab may be orthogonal to the second tine. In an embodiment, the second tine is configurable in a locked state and an unlocked state, where the second tine compri...