US Patent Issued to THE EASTERN on June 3 for "Latch apparatus" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,173, issued on June 3, was assigned to THE EASTERN COMPANY (Strongsville, Ohio).

"Latch apparatus" was invented by Molly Malloy (Strongsville, Ohio), Lee S. Weinerman (Medina, Ohio) and Scott Arthurs (Brunswick, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch (10, 218, 336) is usable to selectively hold a closure member such as a door (188) in a closed position. The latch includes a body (12, 338) which has a manually engageable handle (18, 248, 340) on a front side thereof. A shank (30, 250, 342) is in rotationally movable connection with the handle. The shank extends through the body and into an indexing cam bore (58) on the back side o...