ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,664, issued on May 13, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Exit device with remote trim input" was invented by Jack R. Lehner Jr. (Indianapolis), Michael D. Coleman (Noblesville, Ind.), James W. Overbey (Indianapolis), Phillip Palmer (Indianapolis) and Matthew Greathouse (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary closure assembly includes a swinging barrier, a pushbar assembly mounted to a first side of the barrier, a remote trim assembly mounted to a second side of the barrier, and a transmission assembly that extends at least partially through the barrier and couples remote trim assembly and the pus...