ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,495, issued on July 15, was assigned to Pella Corp..
"Slide and pivot fenestration unit" was invented by Todd A Bernhagen (Pella, Iowa), Nathan R. Erickson (Altoona, Iowa) and Paul D. Schroder (Pella, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fenestration unit is disclosed. In various examples, the fenestration unit includes a plurality of panels, including first and second panels. In some examples, one or more of the plurality of panels is configured to slide relative to a frame of the fenestration unit to provide an opening in the fenestration unit. In various examples, each of the first and second panels are also configured to be pivo...