ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,045, issued on July 21, was assigned to FULLYEAR-BROTHER ENTERPRISE Co. LTD. (Changhua County, Taiwan).

"Lock for locking multiple objects" was invented by Chun Te Yu (Changhua County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable lock capable of locking multiple objects, comprises a housing, a plurality of cables, a block, and a locking unit. The housing has a groove and a slot, and the two end portions of each cable can only move within the groove and cannot exit the housing through the slot. When the locking unit is operated into an unlocked state, the block can be moved away from an opening in the housing, allowing each end porti...