ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,927, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HAWA SLIDING SOLUTIONS AG (Mettmenstetten, Switzerland).

"Holding device for a door and functional entity with a holding device" was invented by Cedric Urech (Aarau, Switzerland) and Marco Burgisser (Cham, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding device holds a pivotally mounted door element closed and releases the door element, includes a locking unit with force transmitter, having a connection part, and locking mechanism reaching a holding position and the holding device connects to a locking element, and release position, wherein the locking mechanism releases and the holding d...