ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,333, issued on March 24, was assigned to Regalo International LLC (Burnsville, Minn.).
"Oblique slide latch apparatus" was invented by Mark A. Flannery (Longboat Key, Fla.) and William D. Butterfield (River Falls, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present oblique slide latch apparatus includes a housing, lever, and latch. A straight channel is positioned obliquely on the latch and is oblique relative to an axis along which the latch slides. The lever includes first and second pegs that capture inner and outer portions of a latch head to minimize wobble of the latch. The latch head is positioned within opposite sides of the lev...