ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,293, issued on March 4, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Quick install method and apparatus for door locks" was invented by Austin M. Roup (Woodland Park, Colo.) and Kenton H. Barker (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a lock assembly comprising an inner housing positionable on one side of a movable structure such as a door and an outer housing positionable on an opposing side of the structure. A pocket connection region having an aperture formed through a wall of the inner housing is configured to receive a head of a fastener therethrough. After the faste...