ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,505, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY (Schweiz) AG (Richterswil, Switzerland).
"Hinge-side finger protection device" was invented by Andreas Brandle (Winterthur, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge-side finger protection device for a leaf door includes a protective profile attachable to the leaf door by clamping between two door hinges or between a door hinge and a stop device. An adapter part is further present having an end face of which the position relative to the protective profile is changeable in the longitudinal direction in order to enable the protective profile to be inserted and clamped between th...