ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,353, issued on July 7, was assigned to Clear Choice Group Inc. (Naples, Fla.).
"Integrated hurricane shutter, screen and glass railing system" was invented by Kenneth Brett Pytlik (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable shutter and screen system for a balcony includes a horizontal box structure located adjacent to a ceiling of the balcony and containing a rollable shutter material and a rollable screen material, an assembly positioned at an outermost portion of the balcony underneath the horizontal box structure, wherein the assembly includes a vertically oriented support structure, a first vertical extrusion positi...