US Patent Issued to DAVINCI LOCK on Aug. 11 for "Cylinder lock" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,996, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DAVINCI LOCK LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Cylinder lock" was invented by Bradford A. Minsley (Raleigh, N.C.) and Clifton P. Minsley (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a cylinder lock include a main body component and an extension component, wherein a locking arrangement can be employed to move a locking element at the back of the extension component to lock or unlock the extension component from a lock structure. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a cylinder lock with a lock adapter having a body and a biased catching mechanism operable to fit within the bo...