US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on April 15 for "Door closer casings" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,152, issued on April 15, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Door closer casings" was invented by Mitchell T. Barbon (Indianapolis) and Jonah M. Pattar (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example door closer includes a casing and a pinion rotatably mounted to the casing. The pinion is operable to rotate through a plurality of movement zones, and the door closer is configured to exert forces on the pinion as the pinion moves through the plurality of movement zones. The door closer further includes a plurality of adjustment mechanisms, each operable to adjust the force exerted on the pinion as the pinio...