US Patent Issued to Whitecap Industries on July 14 for "Water resistant slam latch" (Minnesota, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,352, issued on July 14, was assigned to Whitecap Industries Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Water resistant slam latch" was invented by Christopher E. Tomao (Robbinsville, N.J.) and Todd Moore (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly is provided, which comprises a latch body comprising a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a slide lock receiving channel, and a cavity between the first side and the second side. The latch assembly includes a handle comprising a first pivotable portion joined to a first end of a transition region and a pawl engagement tab extending from a second end the transition region...