US Patent Issued to BAUER PRODUCTS on March 17 for "Screen door latch" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,818, issued on March 17, was assigned to BAUER PRODUCTS INC. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Screen door latch" was invented by Bruce C. Bacon (Rockford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door latch assembly includes a housing, an inside and outside handle operably coupled with the housing, and a latch plunger. A latch cam is operably coupled with the inside and outside handles, and the latch cam further includes a crank arm slidably disposed against an inclined surface of an offset plunger leg operably coupled to the latch plunger. A biasing member urges the latch plunger to an extended position, wherein rotation of the inside or outs...