US Patent Issued to Hunter Douglas on July 22 for "Covering for architectural features, and related systems, methods of operation, and manufacture" (Massachusetts, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,114, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Inc. (New York).

"Covering for architectural features, and related systems, methods of operation, and manufacture" was invented by Wendell B. Colson (Weston, Mass.), Ko Kuperus (Superior, Colo.), David P. Hartman (Ashland, Mass.) and Matthew A. Difrancesco (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering for an architectural feature having generally horizontal vane elements extending between generally inner and outer vertical support members that can adjust and control the amount and quality of light transmitted through the covering is described. In one embodiment, the co...