US Patent Issued to Pella on July 8 for "Slide operator for fenestration unit" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,091, issued on July 8, was assigned to Pella Corp..

"Slide operator for fenestration unit" was invented by Todd A. Bernhagen (Pella, Iowa), Paul D. Schroder (Pella, Iowa) and Ted L. Hansen (Pella, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sliding operator assemblies and associated fenestration units, systems, and methods of use and assembly are described. Some such sliding operator assemblies transition a first, linear actuation force along a first axis (e.g., vertical) to a second actuation force along a second axis (e.g., horizontal) to cause a drive mechanism to impart opening and closing forces, respectively, on the sash. Some designs r...