ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,238, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Masonite Corp. (Tampa, Fla.).
"Door positioning system" was invented by Joel Sellinger (Blaine, Wash.) and Benjamin W. 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 a door configured to be positioned in an open door position, a closed door position, and a plurality of door positions in between the open position and closed position; a motor; a circuitry electrically coupled to the motor and configured to be in communication with a remote computing device; at least one proximity sensor electrically coupled to the circuitr...