US Patent Issued to RSI North America on July 21 for "Pressure lever lock" (American, South African Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,255, issued on July 21, was assigned to RSI North America Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Pressure lever lock" was invented by Michael Voss (Aledo, Texas), Marius Dreyer (Fort Worth, Texas) and Trevor Halstead (Durban, South Africa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock includes an internal facing portion and an external facing portion, a lever assembly, a housing cover on the external facing portion of the lock including a lock assembly having a locked position and a unlocked position and a button cap. The button cap extends into a first groove of the housing cover and engages a silicon sleeve sealing the button cap and the housing cover....