ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,411, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Arconic Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).
"Pre-glazed window wall system" was invented by Leonard Wilcox (Suwanee, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window wall system includes a sill receptor secured to an upper surface of a first floor slab, the sill receptor providing a base and an upright member extending from the base, a head receptor secured to a bottom surface of a second floor slab vertically offset from the first floor slab, and a glazing unit providing a sill, a head, and one or more panels extending between the sill and the head. A first hook defined by the sill is engageable with the ...