Credentials & Recognition
FlipLok turns an ordinary door into a saferoom with one motion — and the people whose job is school safety are choosing it. Every claim below links to its source.
One of Texas’ largest school districts, Katy ISD, approved FlipLok to secure roughly 11,000 classrooms across its schools — the kind of decision a district only makes after its own safety and facilities teams are convinced. When the people responsible for students choose a lock, that is recognition that matters.
Every item below links to the source behind it — district news, a patent registry, broadcast and trade press. Nothing is inflated to fill space.
One of Texas’ largest districts, Katy ISD, approved FlipLok to secure roughly 11,000 classrooms — a district-wide vote of confidence in the device, installed across its schools.
FlipLok’s one-motion locking mechanism is protected by U.S. Patent #11,447,993 B1, granted in 2022 — an original invention, not a repackaged barricade.
FlipLok and founder Anna Reger were featured on Houston’s KHOU (Great Day Houston), “protecting children one flip at a time” — broadcast recognition of the mission behind the product.
The device has been profiled by the security trade press, including Security Journal Americas, as a Houston-built classroom-safety solution gaining real adoption.
The classroom unit is engineered from aerospace-grade alloy and tested to withstand more than 2,000 lbs of force — roughly ten times a standard deadbolt.
Beyond Katy ISD, FlipLok reports deployment in more than 500 schools nationwide and 50,000+ locks in total — a product in real use, not a prototype.
FlipLok is designed to meet IBC, NFPA and ADA requirements for emergency egress, fire safety and accessibility — anyone can activate it, and first responders can open it.
FlipLok was created by Anna and John Reger after a 2019 active-threat alert at their daughter’s school — built by parents who could not find an easier way to keep kids safe.
A featured affiliate partner of K12 Academics, the education-resource network online since 2004 and reaching families in 185 countries every month.
Behind the headlines is a simple, mechanical device — one moving part, no power, no keys for the home — that turns a door into a saferoom in a single flip.
A patented, district-chosen, press-covered classroom lock — built by parents, tested to brute force, in real use across the country.
Chosen by Katy ISD.
Granted 2022.
Classroom unit, tested.
Katy ISD’s adoption of FlipLok for ~11,000 classrooms is reported by Community Impact; the KHOU (Great Day Houston) feature and Security Journal Americas coverage are linked above; U.S. Patent #11,447,993 B1 is on record with the USPTO (via Google Patents). Force-resistance (2,000+ lbs classroom unit), 500+ school deployment, ADA/fire-code design and the founders’ story are as published by FlipLok. FlipLok’s school units use a dedicated key so only authorized staff unlock during a lockdown.