US Patent Issued to HavenLock on July 22 for "Locking apparatuses and a method of providing access control" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,098, issued on July 22, was assigned to HavenLock Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Locking apparatuses and a method of providing access control" was invented by Alexander Michael Bertelli (Nashville, Tenn.) and Kenneth Clay Banks (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems for providing a locking apparatus for resisting movement of an openable element are described. The locking apparatus includes a body, an actuator, a lifting member, at least a portion of the lifting member being configured to be raised or lowered relative to the body according to an output of the actuator, the lifting member comprisin...