ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,288, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Simplified lever handing apparatus" was invented by Vijayakumar Mani (Bangalore, India), Saagar Mohammed (Alappuzha, India), Prem Ratan Mohan Ram (Bangalore, India), James D. Ohl (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Daniel J. Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure defines a lever handing apparatus that permits simplified changing of the handing of a lever handle between a left hand a right hand orientation. The lever handing apparatus includes an assembly with a rotatable spring cage housing and lever spindle that ca...