ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,735, issued on July 28, was assigned to JIANGSU ZHONGHENG PET ARTICLES JOINT-STOCK Co. LTD. (Yancheng, China).

"Door lock for pet crate" was invented by Bin Qiu (Yancheng, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door lock for a pet crate includes: a crate body provided with an opening; a door body including one end rotatably connected to one side of the opening, and a locking assembly provided at the other end of the door body and connected to the crate body. As the door body is rotatably connected to the crate body, and the door body and the crate body are provided with the locking assembly, the door body can be stably fixed to the c...