ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,194, issued on June 3, was assigned to GeigTech East Bay LLC (North Charleston, S.C.).

"Assembly for mounting shades" was invented by James Geiger (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller shade mounting element comprising: a bracket having a first end configured to couple to a support surface and configured to support a roller window shade assembly; a first surface carried by the first end configured to bear against the support surface; a second end included in the bracket substantially opposite the first end; a second surface carried by the second end disposed between the first end and the second end, the second surf...