ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,989, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NIHON PLAST Co. LTD. (Fujinomiya, Japan).
"Lock apparatus and storage apparatus" was invented by Takahito Shiotsuki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a lock apparatus and a storage apparatus suppressing rattling at a connecting portion that connects a rotation body and a lock body. The lock apparatus includes connecting portion 30 that rotatably connects an end side of lock body 12. At least one of connecting portions 30 includes a rotation body-shaped protrusion portion 32b, cylindrical holding wall portion 43 that holds an outer peripheral surface of protrusion portio...