ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,897, issued on July 28, was assigned to Rimgard Sweden AB (Taby, Sweden).
"Anti-theft locking bolt assembly" was invented by Lars Ivarsson (Stockholm) and Marcus Ekstrom (Hagersten, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft locking bolt assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises an anti-theft bolt threadedly attachable to an article to be protected, a bolt cap snugly fitting into a bore on the head of the anti-theft bolt, a lock cylinder housing at least partially rotatably connected to the head of the anti-theft bolt, the lock cylinder housing configured to cover the bolt cap and a locking cylinder and to provide means ...