ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,283, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to UAP Ltd. (Whitefield, Great Britain).
"Locking device" was invented by John McLoughlin (Manchester, Great Britain) and David Jennings (Manchester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a locking device 1 having a deadbolt 104 within a casing 102, which deadbolt 104 is movable between an advanced position wherein it protrudes from a front face of the casing 102 and a retreated position, wherein it is retracted into the casing 102. The locking device 1 comprises: a link plate 130 which moves the deadbolt 104 to the advanced position; a deadbolt blocking mem...