ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,993, issued on June 30.
"Door frame smart lock fillers plate and method" was invented by Gary Meyer (Brighton, Colo.) and Douglas C. Meyer (The Villages, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door frame fillers plate and method, for installation of a smart lock to a narrow lock stile, is provided. A main body has an interior face, an exterior face, a distal edge, and a lock stile adjacent edge. The interior face and the exterior face define a door depth spacer thickness. A first transverse handle aperture has a cross bore diameter and a center point being equidistant from an all points on the cross bore diameter. The center point and...