ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,829, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BK Modern LLC (San Rafael, Calif.).

"Sunshade attachment system" was invented by Russell Naylor (San Francisco), Alan Beirne (San Francisco) and Cameron Egan (Richmond, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sunshade attachment system for attaching shade panels around the perimeter of a window includes one or more cleats each having a building attachment flange for attachment to the face of the building around the window and a sunshade attachment flange extending perpendicularly from the building attachment flange. A sunshade panel is attached to the sunshade attachment flange of the cleat. A ...