ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,564, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CornellCookson LLC (Mountain Top, Pa.).

"Bead saddle attachment component" was invented by George Gendler (Mountaintop, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In example implementations, a bead saddle attachment component for a curtain is provided. The bead saddle attachment component includes a body, a plurality of bead saddle features on an exterior side of the body, a spacer bracket receiving feature on the exterior side of the body, and an alignment feature on the exterior side of the body."

The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/071,142.

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