ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,320, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hamburger Patent Schmiede GmbH (Buchholz, Germany).
"Container locking device and container locking method" was invented by Heinz-Ruediger Metternich (Eversen-Heide, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container locking device for locking a container having a corner fitting to be transported on a loading surface of a vehicle, having a locking housing, a locking bolt and a drive. The locking bolt has a shaft and a locking head which, in the unlocked state, can be inserted through an opening of the corner fitting of the container and rotated 90deg into the locked state in which it secures th...