US Patent Issued to LOCINOX on Sept. 29 for "Morticed bolt keep and a closure system comprising the same" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,610, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LOCINOX (Waregem, Belgium).

"Morticed bolt keep and a closure system comprising the same" was invented by Arne Cnockaert (Dadizele, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A morticed bolt keep to cooperate with a lock having a latch bolt which is slidable between a retracted position and an extended position is disclosed. The morticed bolt keep comprises: an elongated body to be positioned inside a hollow tubular member; a cavity to receive the latch bolt in its extended position; a latch bolt engager which is displaceable between a rest state and an actuated state; and a magnetic actuator to ...