US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on March 17 for "Lock apparatuses with secondary locking mechanisms" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,809, issued on March 17, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Lock apparatuses with secondary locking mechanisms" was invented by Manjunatha Ramakrishna (Kurubarahalli, India), Arjun S. Kunnath (Kottayam, India), Adithya Gangadhar Shetty (Mangalore, India) and Ramamohan Bhaskar Shettigar (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock apparatus generally includes a connecting portion, a housing, a primary lock, and a secondary lock. The connecting portion is engageable to the housing with a bolt assembly, and the primary lock locks the bolt assembly in the engaged position. The secondary lock arrests the b...