ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,565, issued on Oct. 7.
"High wind tolerant track assembly for a motorized retractable screen" was invented by Kolar L. Seshasai (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track assembly including a channel section in a fixed track having a screen receiver receiving a portion of a screen therein and at least one spring inserted in the length of the channel section. The at least one spring has a pre-defined spring rate which is designed to allow movement of the screen receiver in the channel in a first direction and back, depending upon an amount of tension or force applied thereto, e.g., as a result of wind pressure due to incle...