US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on July 21 for "Status indicating lockset trim" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,037, issued on July 21, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Status indicating lockset trim" was invented by Jaime Sandoval Jr. (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Ashwin 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, an indicator mechanism, and a cam. The indicator mechanism is mounted in the escutcheon for sliding movement between a first linear position, in which a first indicium is visible via a window in the escutcheon, and a second linear position, in which a second indicium is visible via the window. The ...