ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,686, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to HUNTER DOUGLAS INC. (Pearl River, N.Y.).

"Mounting assembly for an architectural covering" was invented by Robert E. Fisher (Westminster, Colo.), Michael Scott Goldberg (Stanley, N.C.), James M. Anthony (Denver), Kevin M. Dann (Englewood, Colo.) and Joseph E. Kovach (Brighton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a mounting assembly for mounting an architectural covering to a support structure may include a bracket configured to be coupled to the support structure and a bracket adapter configured to be coupled to the bracket. In addition, the mounting assembly may include an end ...