US Patent Issued to Lockdown Experts on July 14 for "Lockdown apparatus for initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility during an emergency" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,734, issued on July 14, was assigned to Lockdown Experts LLC (Great Falls, Va.).

"Lockdown apparatus for initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility during an emergency" was invented by Brian M. Lyman (Great Falls, Va.) and Kevin G. Cherven (Great Falls, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments are directed to a lockdown apparatus for facilitating initiation of lockdown procedures at a facility that includes multiple doors and is configured for occupation by facility occupants. A lockdown actuator is disposed at the facility and configured to initiate transmission of a lockdown initiation signal upon being actuated, th...