US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on Oct. 20 for "Rekeyable lock cylinder with double sided keyway" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,200, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Rekeyable lock cylinder with double sided keyway" was invented by Hanna Farag (Jurupa Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rekeyable lock cylinder with a cylinder body and a rotatable plug assembly is provided. The plug assembly includes a plurality of first key followers and a corresponding plurality of first racks for operation of a first locking bar. Additionally, the plug assembly includes a plurality of second key followers and a corresponding plurality of second racks for operation of a second locking bar. The first and ...