US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Container latching and locking assemblies" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,580, issued on May 12.

"Container latching and locking assemblies" was invented by Wayne Knapp (Natchitoches, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Container latching and locking assemblies may include a latch unit configured for attachment to a container lid of a container. A latch element may be provided in the latch unit. A lock unit may be configured for attachment to a container base of the container. A latch and lock device may be provided in the lock unit. The latch and lock device may be selectively configurable in a latching position in which the latch and lock device engages the latch element to latch and lock the container lid...