US Patent Issued to Schlage Lock on Sept. 2 for "Lock and method of adjusting a lock configuration" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,700, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Lock and method of adjusting a lock configuration" was invented by Edward N. Sieglaar (Auckland, New Zealand) and Jeremy Gear (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock including a housing having an aperture sized to receive a lock cylinder, and lock componentry positioned within the housing and being adjustable to alter a configuration of the lock, and wherein the lock cylinder is removable from the housing to expose the aperture to provide access to the lock componentry which may be adjusted to set the configuration of the lock. A method...