ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,056, issued on May 20, was assigned to CURRENT PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC (Pensacola, Fla.).
"Grommet drapery system" was invented by Willis J. Mullet (Gulf Breeze, Fla.), Darrin W. Brunk (Pensacola, Fla.), Samuel D. Schemmer (Pensacola, Fla.), Scott Hand (Milton, Fla.) and Phillip Dugger (Pensacola, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wirelessly controllable, motorized and battery powered drapery apparatus is presented having a rotatable drive element having a guide structure in its surface. The rotatable drive is inserted through the open interior of a plurality of grommets in the shade material. A grommet driver is positioned over the...