ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,055, issued on May 20, was assigned to House of Atlas LLC (Evanston, Ill.).
"Self-tapping brackets" was invented by Matthew Berman (Chicago), Alan Arthur Ford (Sturgis, Mich.), Jason Moss (Libertyville, Ill.) and Young Min Bae (Evanston, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a self-tapping curtain rod bracket with spaced prongs terminating with tips. The tips and prongs are used to penetrate and create holes in a wall. They extend through the holes and engage the backside of the wall. A wall support extends from the spaced prongs along the frontside of the wall to provide support. An arm extends away from the wall and has a cr...