ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,454, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Inc. (New York).

"Lighted architectural-structure covering" was invented by Michael J. Siebenaller (Broomfield, Colo.), Coty Church (Westminster, Colo.), Kevin M. Dann (Englewood, Colo.) and Christopher M. White (Frederick, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighted architectural-structure covering is disclosed. In one example of an embodiment, an architectural-structure covering includes a light source arranged and configured to illuminate at least a portion of the architectural-structure covering. The architectural-structure covering may include first and second coverings. ...