US Patent Issued to Kason Industries on July 21 for "Panic bar latch assembly" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,042, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kason Industries Inc. (Newnan, Ga.).

"Panic bar latch assembly" was invented by Brett Mitchell (Newnan, Ga.) and Raymond Hiller (Newnan, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panic bar latch release assembly has an inside latch release and an outside pull type handle latch. The handle latch includes a pivotal pull handle and an adaptor having a rounded receiver recess. An elongated push rod is positioned within a push rod channel of the door so as to extend from the inside latch release to the rounded receiver recess of the outside handle latch. The push rod includes a coupler that physically co...