ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,680, issued on April 7.
"Anti-misoperation door lock" was invented by Shaohui Wu (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-misoperation door lock includes a door lock panel, a lock rod, a gripping assembly, a transmission member, a clutch assembly, and a switching assembly. The clutch assembly is movably arranged on the gripping assembly. The gripping assembly is configured to drive the clutch assembly to rotate. The clutch assembly is configured to move axially along the rotation axis under an external force. When the clutch assembly is in the initial state, the clutch assembly is spaced apart from the transmission membe...