ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,435, issued on July 15, was assigned to Tech Industries LP (Houston).
"Skylight frame with drain notches" was invented by Arthur J. Valentz (Sugar Land, Texas) and John E. Nemazi (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skylight having a frame with a flanged lip about a skylight window unit periphery having water drainage notches formed therein help keep the windows clean. The notches in the frame flange radiates outward from a central light transmissive region of the window unit and have an inboard depth adjacent the window opening approximately equal to the flange thickness. Inclination of the skylight when install...