US Patent Issued to SARGENT MANUFACTURING on April 29 for "Mortise lock with multi-point latch system" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,822, issued on April 29, was assigned to SARGENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY (New Haven, Conn.).

"Mortise lock with multi-point latch system" was invented by Mike Capozziello (North Haven, Conn.), Darren Eller (East Lyme, Conn.), Chris Gaughan (Guilford, Conn.), Andrew Geraci (New Haven, Conn.), Kelsey Gilmore (Southington, Conn.), Lee Griswold (Bethel, Conn.), Christopher C. Hill (New Britain, Conn.) and Jason Reutenauer (West Haven, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter and interface permits a standard mortise lock to drive top and bottom latch mechanisms of a multi-point lock system. An actuator permits in situ adjustment of th...