US Patent Issued to Vivint on March 17 for "Lock system with integrated sensors for translatable structure" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,854, issued on March 17, was assigned to Vivint LLC (Provo, Utah).

"Lock system with integrated sensors for translatable structure" was invented by Chad Kingston (Provo, Utah), Christopher Harris (Provo, Utah), Kris Nosack (Provo, Utah) and Adam Richards (Murray, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock system includes a mount, a lock device, a sensor, and a communications interface. The mount configured to be coupled to a first surface located at a wall, the wall defining an opening in which a translatable structure is positioned, the mount including an engagement feature. The lock device configured to couple to a second surface ...