US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group on May 26 for "Privacy system for sliding doors" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,902, issued on May 26, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Accessories and Door Controls Group Inc. (Monroe, N.C.).

"Privacy system for sliding doors" was invented by William Hawkinson (Germantown, Tenn.) and Evan McCutchen (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A privacy system for sliding doors that that has an upper privacy assembly and side privacy assemblies for coving gaps between a sliding door and walls and/or door frames of a door opening. The upper privacy assembly has a first upper member on a door and a second upper member on a wall or frame, and the first upper member will slide with respect to the second upper member when...