ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,162, issued on June 3, was assigned to Zeal Innovation Ltd (Swansea, Great Britain).
"Lock mechanism" was invented by Neil A. Barron (Swansea, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security lock comprises a slide with a bolt section along a side thereof and integral therewith, and a casing having a channel with an open side for receiving and retaining the bolt section. The bolt section and channel have substantially the same cross-section to allow for sliding engagement of the bolt section in the channel to a hold position. The bolt section has a recess with at least one defined axial boundary on its surface, aligned when the...