ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,321, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hamburger Patent Schmiede GmbH (Buchholz, Germany).
"Lowerable container lock" 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 on a vehicle, for locking a container having a corner fitting to be transported on a loading surface of the vehicle, the device including a lock housing (1), a locking bolt (2) and a first drive (3). The locking bolt (2) has a shaft (20) and a locking head (21) which, in the unlocked state, can be introduced via an opening in the corner fitting of the container and, in the locked state, secures ...