US Patent Issued on June 17 for "Electronic lock bar for doorways" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,550, issued on June 17.

"Electronic lock bar for doorways" was invented by Natasha McCallum (Conway, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic lock bar for doorways including a pivoting lockdown assembly, a lockdown support assembly and a keypad assembly. The pivoting lockdown assembly includes an upright stanchion member attached to ground where a motor is coupled on top. In the shaft of the motor a lockdown bar is coupled and rotates going across the door from a vertical position defining a safe mode to a horizontal position defining a lock mode when a password is typed on the inside keypad or outside keypad connected to th...