US Patent Issued to Hunter Douglas on July 29 for "Roll-up coverings for architectural openings and related methods, systems and devices" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,942, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Inc. (New York).

"Roll-up coverings for architectural openings and related methods, systems and devices" was invented by Wendell B. Colson (Weston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a roll-up covering include a first elongate tape, a second elongate tape, a third elongate tape, and a plurality of slats spaced apart along a length of and supported by each of the first and second elongate tapes. The plurality of flexible slats are configurable between an open position and a closed position wherein each of the flexible slats changes shape as it is configurable betw...