ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,335, issued on March 24, was assigned to EMKA BESCHLAGTEILE GMBH & Co. KG (Velbert, Germany).
"Locking bar arrangement" was invented by Gerd Rieboldt (Wuppertal, Germany) and Sebastian Nickel (Wuppertal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rod lock for locking a door leaf on a door frame with at least one rod which can be arranged on the door leaf side and which is movable between a locking position in which the rod is locked to a lock holder which can be arranged on the door frame side, and an open position in which the rod is released from the lock holder. The movement of the rod is guided via a rod guide which can be arrange...