ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,636, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Schlage Lock Co. LLC (Carmel, Ind.).
"Exit device coordination mechanisms" was invented by Aaron P. McKibben (Fishers, Ind.), Matthew S. Graham (Noblesville, Ind.) and Gregory Musselman (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary exit device includes a pushbar assembly, a remote latching assembly, and a coordination mechanism. The pushbar assembly includes a latch control assembly, and the coordination mechanism biases the latch control assembly toward its actuated state. The remote latching assembly includes first and second latch mechanisms, and the latch control assembly is op...