US Patent Issued to TAILFIN on Dec. 30 for "Latch mechanism" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,176, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TAILFIN Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Latch mechanism" was invented by Nicholas Broadbent (Long Ashton North, Great Britain) and Robert Phillips (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch mechanism for securing together first and second parts of an assembly includes a first latching component comprising a retainer having an engagement surface; a resilient connector connecting the first latching component to the first part and applying a resilient action on the first latching component resisting displacement of the first latching component in a latching direction; and a sec...