US Patent Issued to Hunter Douglas Industries on March 17 for "Elongate mounting structure and mounting unit comprising the same for mounting an architectural covering between opposing mounting surfaces" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,831, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Industries B.V. (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

"Elongate mounting structure and mounting unit comprising the same for mounting an architectural covering between opposing mounting surfaces" was invented by Jorg Bohlen (Langen, Germany) and Katharina Vangberg-Brinkmann (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An architectural covering includes a covering and an elongate mounting structure configured to support the covering. The elongate mounting structure includes an elongate main member having a lower receiving portion and an upper receiving portion positioned above the...