ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,799, issued on March 3, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY AB (Stockholm).

"Arrangement for access member, access member system and method" was invented by Kaj Niegmann (Huddinge, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for closing an access member rotatable relative to a frame about a hinge axis, the arrangement comprising a primary element for fixation to either the frame or the access member; a secondary element for fixation to the other of the frame and the access member; a connection device arranged between the primary element and the secondary element and engaging the secondary element; and a force device comprising a driv...