US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on May 13 for "Support structure for handle assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,662, issued on May 13, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Support structure for handle assembly" was invented by James Lin (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Mark Bloom (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle assembly includes a removable handle positioned over a sleeve. The handle assembly includes a catch positioned within the sleeve, and when extended, the catch prevents relative movement between the handle and the sleeve. The handle assembly includes a spindle positioned within the sleeve. The spindle has a longitudinal axis. The spindle is rotatable between a locked position a...