ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,094, issued on July 1.
"Balanced spring-loaded roller blind, and a torsion spring, a method, and a system therefor" was invented by Jean-Sebastien Binette (Montreal, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a roller blind is provided. The roller blind has a roller with a sheet mounted thereto for being rolled thereon and unrolled therefrom between first and second positions. At the first position, the sheet is fully rolled about the roller. At the second position, a hanging portion of the sheet hangs from roller in order to fully cover a window height. The portion rolled on the roller defines a roll therewith having a ...