RVLock

Many RV door keys are less unique than their owners assume. RVLock, a company in Wellsville, says only a handful of key codes exist in the RV market, so the camper parked next to yours may open with the same key. Its answer was a door handle that opens from a backlit keypad, with the metal key kept as a backup. That backup key comes from thousands of codes, the company says.

The company traces itself to a break-in. More than fifteen years ago, its blog says, someone got into founder Cade Harris's tool trailer and thousands of dollars of equipment were gone in an instant. Harris noticed how easily a standard trailer lock gave way to a quick pry. He and his wife, Shelly, found nothing on the market that solved it, so in 2010 they decided to build a better lock themselves.

The V4, which RVLock calls the original, is a full-metal handle with a teardrop-shaped body. It fits the standard 3.75 by 2.75 inch cutout on a 1.5 inch door, and the company says it replaces the old plastic handle in about ten minutes. One fob can be paired with every RVLock handle on a rig. The Keyed Alike service matches the backup keys on later purchases, so one key covers them all.

Motorhomes took longer. Owners of Class A coaches had asked for a keyless handle for years, Harris said in 2022. Motorhome doors vary so much from rig to rig that the Atlas took two years of development and several prototypes. It sells for $299.99. Utah Business put RVLock 22nd on its 2023 Fast 50 list of the state's fastest-growing companies, and 43rd a year later.

Two details need a footnote. RVLock says every handle is backed by its own patented security technology and cites US 9,085,919, but Google Patents lists Bruce C. Bacon as the inventor and Bauer Products as the company that filed it in 2012. The patent was assigned to RVLock in September 2023. On the V4 product page, meanwhile, RVLock calls itself U.S.-designed and stops there.

Since then the catalog has wandered from the door to the campsite. In March 2026 RVLock launched an inflatable sofa that it says holds up to 500 pounds and packs into its own duffel. The shop also sells elk antler dog chews and a $9.99 deck of Old Maid, which is a lot of reasons to stay outside the trailer for a company that got its start locking one.

That 2026 announcement lists Harris as founder and Kent Wuthrich as CEO. The problem they sell against has not changed since the tool trailer, a door that should open for its owner and nobody else.