US Patent Issued on Sept. 30 for "Elevator door lockout with extendable handle" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,884, issued on Sept. 30.

"Elevator door lockout with extendable handle" was invented by Gian Spinel (East Meadow, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The elevator door lockout with extendable handle includes an elevator door lockout and an extendable handle. The elevator door lockout with extendable handle may be operable to prevent movement of a hoistway door of an elevator by wedging the elevator door lockout between a sill groove and the hoistway door. The elevator door lockout may be engaged by turning a threaded shaft of the extendable handle in a first rotational direction. The elevator door lockout may be disengaged by turnin...