ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,788, issued on March 25, was assigned to Glue AB (Stockholm).
"Smart lock" was invented by Edward King (London), Andoni Villarreal (Coulsdon, Great Britain), Andrew Carson (Sale, Great Britain) and Sarah Liddell (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart lock for securing a door comprising: a housing mountable to the door; an actuator within the housing configured to actuate a lock mechanism between a locked position and an unlocked position, the lock mechanism including a latch bolt with an angled front face, the latch bolt configured to be retractable against a biasing force provided by a biasing means such ...