ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,089, issued on July 1.
"Privacy-security device" was invented by Glenn Allen Guest (Hull, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security device that can be activated or deactivated on the interior side of a door or window or other passageway barricade, and that can be activated or deactivated on the exterior side of the door with a special mechanism, such as a key, tool, transmitter, etc. The security device may be mounted to the hinge-side of a door, the knob-side of a door or in a scenario that includes a non-mullion double door, to the two adjoining portions of the doors at the middle joint."
The patent was filed on Dec. 11, 2023, ...