US Patent Issued to WILLIAM J. Rintz on March 4 for "Light switch cover having electronic communication system" (North Carolina, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,766, issued on March 4, was assigned to WILLIAM J. Rintz (Hacketstown, N.J.).

"Light switch cover having electronic communication system" was invented by William J. Rintz (Hackettstown, N.J.), Allen Wendell Moore (Hillsborough, N.C.), Christopher Ernst Bielenberg (Garner, N.C.), Russell Turner (Hillsborough, N.C.) and Jesse Berkley Tucker (Youngsville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination light switch cover/communicator device that can serve as both an easy-to retrofit single- or dual-gang light switch cover and an emergency safety device. The cover communicator can be designed to install in similar process to a conventi...