ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,915, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hanchett Entry Systems Inc. (Phoenix).
"Surface mounted electric strike" was invented by David Moroyoqui (Jalisco, Mexico), James Griffin (Chandler, Ariz.), Larry Gene Corwin (Mesa, Ariz.), Trace Morgan (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Joshua T. Peabody (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface mounted electric strike for selectively retaining a door latch of a door is provided. A strike housing defines a cavity and is mounted to a door frame surface. A keeper is mounted within the housing and rotatable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The keeper includes a keeper stop face ...