ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,850, issued on May 27, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Sliding door systems" was invented by Ryan Martin (Mill Creek, Wash.), Jeff Morovich (Everett, Wash.) and Dustin Swartz (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary closure assembly includes a rail assembly and a door assembly movably mounted to the rail assembly. The door assembly includes a rotary damper having a pinion, and the rail assembly includes a rack member operable to engage the pinion. As the door moves from first position to a second position, the rack member engages the pinion, thereby causing the pinion to rotate in a first rota...