ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,314, issued on Nov. 11.

"Roller blind system for straight and curved window segments" was invented by Brian Brisbin (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a roller blind assembly configured for deployment along a curved window segment. The roller blind assembly including a housing having a hollow body formed with a longitudinal passageway. A guide with a profile being conformable to the curved window segment. The guide having a guide channel and being alignable with the longitudinal passageway. The roller blind assembly including a flexible toothed gear rack to be received within the longitudinal pas...