ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,926, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to VERUM ITALY S.R.L. (Bulciago, Italy).
"Magnetically activated mechanical doorstop" was invented by Umberto Vergani (Bulciago, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetically activated mechanical doorstop (1) is described comprising: a pin (3) installed in a hollow element (5) operatively connected to a door (7); a magnetic element (9) operatively connected to a jamb (11) and designed to attract and block the pin (3) by magnetic force when the door (7) is in its closed operative position, the magnetic element (9) being furthermore designed to bring the door (7) to its open operating positi...