US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on July 28 for "Exit device trim locking" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,725, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Exit device trim locking" was invented by Zachary Holtgrewe (Indianapolis) and Brian C. Eickhoff (Danville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary trim lock device is configured for use with a trim comprising a lift finger, and generally includes a housing, a blocking member, and a lock actuator. The blocking member includes a projection, and is rotatably mounted to the housing for rotation between a blocking position in which the projection blocks actuating movement of the lift finger and an unblocking position in which the blocking member does n...