ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,112, issued on July 22, was assigned to Springs Window Fashions LLC (Middleton, Wis.).

"Cord lock actuation assembly for a continuous looped operator" was invented by Eric Nathan Krantz-Lilienthal (Janesville, Wis.) and Brian Skotty (Middleton, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation assembly for a continuous looped operator includes a slide assembly configured to laterally slide in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, a first cord engagement member carried by the slide assembly, a second cord engagement member carried by the slide assembly, and a selector switch connected to the slide assem...