ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,469, issued on July 15, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Anti-barricade assembly" was invented by Benaka Gireesha (Udupi, India), Pradeepkumar Balasubramaniam (Tiruppur District, India) and Akhil Ramesh Hamsagar (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example lockset generally includes a housing, a bolt, a turnhub, and a spindle. The bolt is mounted in the housing for movement between an extended position and a retracted position. The turnhub is rotatably mounted in the housing and engaged with the bolt. Rotation of the turnhub in a bolt-extending direction drives the bolt toward the extended position...