US Patent Issued to VISION ENGINEERING on July 22 for "Compact gear lock" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,091, issued on July 22, was assigned to VISION ENGINEERING (Mansfield, Texas).

"Compact gear lock" was invented by Henry Avila (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear lock system, including: a movable actuator; a gear rack connected to the actuator, wherein movement of the actuator causes the gear rack to move; a hook in meshed contact with the gear rack; and a clip dimensioned to wrap around the hook and the gear rack, wherein the gear rack and hook are flat, wherein force on the hook from opening a cabinet door is not transmitted to the gear rack or to the actuator."

The patent was filed on Oct. 26, 2023, under App...