ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,905, issued on March 18, was assigned to Pella Corp..
"Sliding door foot bolt" was invented by Michael Hamand (Newton, Iowa), Elliot C. Suiter (Johnston, Iowa) and Scott Burns (Rochester, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock kit for a fenestration assembly includes a panel stop. The fenestration assembly includes a first panel and a second panel, at least one of the first and second panels being slideable relative the other of the first and second panels. The panel stop is configured to pivotably mount within a recess of a frame member of the first panel and pivot between a first stop position configured to maintain the first...