US Patent Issued to Fasteners for Retail on March 24 for "Actuator with locking mechanism" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,436, issued on March 24, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).

"Actuator with locking mechanism" was invented by Yun Hua (Solon, Ohio) and Michael Eric Liedtke (Kent, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product-dispensing device comprises an actuator, a locking gear, and a button which are all supported by a housing. The actuator for rotation about the first axis. The locking gear for the rotation between a first position and a second position about a second axis, the locking gear also includes a locking arm to inhibit rotation of the actuator in the second direction about the first axis when the locking arm...