Yale is a manufacturer of security products. They were founded by Linus Yale, Jr., who invented the pin tumbler lock which bears his name. It has been purchased by Swedish manufacturer, Assa Abloy.
Some reputable door lock companies that offer high-quality products and services include Schlage, Kwikset, Yale, and August.
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Linus Yale, Sr., didn't invent the lock. The oldest known lock was found by archeologists in the Khorsabad palace ruins near Nineveh. That lock was estimated to be 4,000 years old. It was a forerunner to a pin tumbler type of lock, and a common Egyptian lock for the time. Linus Yale re-invented a pin-tumbler lock in 1848. Linus Yale Jr. patented a new improved cylinder pin-tumbler lock in 1861.
Linus Yale, Sr., didn't invent the lock. The oldest known lock was found by archeologists in the Khorsabad palace ruins near Nineveh. That lock was estimated to be 4,000 years old. It was a forerunner to a pin tumbler type of lock, and a common Egyptian lock for the time. Linus Yale re-invented a pin-tumbler lock in 1848. Linus Yale Jr. patented a new improved cylinder pin-tumbler lock in 1861.
Linus Yale invented the cylinder lock, which is used on every door. His company, the Yale Company, invented the forklift.
I think that Linus Yale Jr. was a lock manufacturer and patented the cylinder lock in 1861.
They all went to Harvard.
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