US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on July 14 for "Status indicating lockset trims" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,342, issued on July 14, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Status indicating lockset trims" was invented by Jaime Sandoval Jr. (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Ashwin Hanumant Bajikar (Belagavi, India) and Nathanael Taylor (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary lockset trim generally includes an escutcheon, a cam, a slider, and an indicator mechanism. The cam is rotatably mounted in the escutcheon for rotation about a longitudinal axis between a first rotational position and a second rotational position. The slider is mounted in the escutcheon and engaged with the cam. The indicator mechanis...