ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,916, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Modular locking apparatus with an actuator operating multiple latches" was invented by Donald Rodd (Palm Beach Garden, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular locking apparatus includes a first actuator transitionable between a first state and a second state. The apparatus further includes a latching mechanism with a first set of one or more latches and a second set of one or more latches. Each latch in the first set of one or more latches and each latch in the second set of one or more latches are configured to be transitioned between a corres...