US Patent Issued to Masonite on July 15 for "Compact door closer" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,490, issued on July 15, was assigned to Masonite Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Compact door closer" was invented by Joel Sellinger (Blaine, Wash.) and Benjamin Wesley Docksteader (Custer, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising a baseplate configured to be coupled to an interior side of an inswing door adjacent a pivot edge of the door; a rotatable closing arm with a first end and a second end, the second end coupled to a motor, the motor configured to be engaged in response to receipt of a signal from a remote electronic device; and circuitry electrically coupled between a power supply and the motor, the circuitry confi...