ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,062, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GUANGDONG KIN LONG HARDWARE PRODUCTS Co. LTD (Guangdong, China).

"Automatic locking device and window" was invented by Baokun Bai (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic locking device is provided. The automatic locking device includes a locking base and a locking tongue. The locking tongue is slidably mounted on the locking base in an elastically resettable manner. The automatic locking device further includes a force assisting lever. The force assisting lever is rotatably mounted to the locking tongue. The force assisting lever is provided with a first force assisting sur...