ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,543, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Dometic Sweden AB (Solna, Sweden).

"Window, recreational vehicle with the window and methods for manufacturing and operating the window" was invented by Samuele Meda (Chichester, Great Britain) and Rickard Hederstierna (Hagersten, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window, for a recreational vehicle, comprises a frame, a pane, which is attached to the frame so that it can pivot relative to the frame about a pivot axis between a closed position and an opened position, an actuating device mounted on the frame or on the pane, and at least one locking element configured to be movable between a r...