US Patent Issued to GRETSCH-UNITAS GMBH BAUBESCHLAGE on Feb. 24 for "Locking device, door assembly having such a locking device and method for installing such a locking device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,007, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GRETSCH-UNITAS GMBH BAUBESCHLAGE (Ditzingen, Germany).

"Locking device, door assembly having such a locking device and method for installing such a locking device" was invented by Clive Markovic (Gerlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a locking device (10) for a door leaf (204) of a door assembly (200), having a faceplate (12), a drive means (14) attached to the face plate (12), and at least one drive rod (21, 22) extending along a longitudinal direction (20), wherein the drive rod (21, 22) can be driven by the drive means (14) and can be displaced along the ...