ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,584, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to STANLEY BLACK & DECKER MEA FZE (Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates).
"Low profile latch" was invented by Jin-Chi Huang (Taichung, Taiwan), Hui-Ling Teng (Taichung, Taiwan), Xiang-Kai Hsu (Taichung, Taiwan), Fu-Yao Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan), Shun-Chi Yang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Wan-Chiang Wang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a latch for selectively binding lower and upper portions of a container. The latch includes a base having a front face, a rear face, a connected end, and a selectively engageable binding end. The rear face further includes an upward hook,...