US Patent Issued on April 14 for "Testing of detection and warning functions of interconnected smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms by single person" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,988, issued on April 14.

"Testing of detection and warning functions of interconnected smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms by single person" was invented by Gilbert Alain Lindsay Garrick (Red Hill, Australia), John Wayne Stephens (Red Hill, Australia) and David Warwick Sloan (Red Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a single person to fully test the smoke, heat, or carbon monoxide detection and warning functions of each alarm device of an interconnected fire alarm system comprising of two or more compatible interconnected alarm devices such as smoke alarms, heat alarms, or carbon monoxide alarms in any comb...