US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group on Oct. 6 for "Exit device push force reducer" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,637, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Access and Egress Hardware Group Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Exit device push force reducer" was invented by Darren C. Eller (Madison, Conn.) and Jason Sloan (Middlebury, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exit device push force reducers are disclosed. An exit device includes a push bar movable between an actuated position and an unactuated position. An arm is operatively coupled to the push bar and is movable between a first arm position and a second arm position. A slide is operatively coupled to the arm and is movable between a first slide position and a second slide position. Movem...