ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,517, issued on April 22, was assigned to AANCO (UK) Ltd. (Billingham, Great Britain).
"Bead for a frame member" was invented by Thomas Andrew Fielding (Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bead for releasably securing a glazing unit to a frame member, comprising a body having a first end and a second end, and a resiliently deformable member secured to the body and having a first finger extending from the body to a first end, and a second finger extending from the first finger to a second end. The first end of the body and the first end of the first finger are configured to engage with respective first and s...