1. UNLUCKY IN LOCKS

2. Schuyler Towne ● Lock.gd ● Research Scholar @ Ronin Institute ● @Shoebox ● “schuyler towne” on “the internet”

12. Medeco Vs. Emhart

13. Medeco

15. Emhart

18. Medeco vs. Emhart ● Differentiated security elements ● Attacker can attack one element at a time ● Lift, then Rotate or Rotate, then lift. ● Integrated security elements ● Attacker must attack both elements at once ● Lift AND rotate.

19. Medeco sues, gets royalties, eventually Emhart rolls up lock manufacturing..

20. Kwikset Vs. Schlage

21. Kwikset Smartkey Breakdowns courtesy Zeke

22. Schlage Securekey ● Similar, but not the same ● Rekeyable ● Pivoting rather than sliding carriage

23. Kwikset Sues ● Accuses Schlage of infringing on 2 parts of their patent ● Accuses Schlage of false advertising ● Specifically Schlage claim that their lock is “10x more secure than any competitor”

25. Off market by Dec, 2011. Kwikset Wins.

26. Norman Epstein

39. Sadly the Pragmatic Lock Co. rolled up & Norman himself died a few years ago.

40. Few self-respecting professional "inventors" have felt their mission to be fulfilled until they have "invented" a lock of some kind. Apparently there is a fascination in the subject which they cannot resist, however complete their ignorance of the past achievements and present development of the art, and so each incontinently proceeds to "invent" things which, while new to his untutored mind, are usually already well-known, occasionally in successful use, but more frequently long since consigned to the limbo of useless and discarded schemes. Henry Robinson Towne sez:

42. “One might find himself baffled to operate, even with the use of this, its proper key.”

44. BUT WHY?

45. 4,136X

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