US Patent Issued to Allegion Access Technologies on Dec. 30 for "Hybrid drive-thru automatic touchless door system" (Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,936, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Allegion Access Technologies LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Hybrid drive-thru automatic touchless door system" was invented by Vinay Patel (Rocky Hill, Conn.), Christopher Kolodziej (Kensington, Conn.), Larry Hamaker (Marietta, Ga.) and David Dillon (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid drive-thru door system that includes a door panel assembly movable between a plurality of operating modes. The door panel assembly includes a sliding door panel operable for movement between a closed position to at least partially cover a doorway opening and an opened position to at least partia...