US Patent Issued to Hunter Douglas on Sept. 1 for "Covering for an architectural opening having nested rollers" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,464, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hunter Douglas Inc. (New York).

"Covering for an architectural opening having nested rollers" was invented by Nickolas C. Buccola Jr. (Brighton, Colo.), Terrence M. Drew (Superior, Colo.), Kenneth M. Faller (Thomton, Colo.) and Kent A. Smith (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering for an architectural covering is provided. The covering may include a rotatable outer roller, a rotatable inner roller, a first shade secured to the outer roller, and a second shade secured to the inner roller. The outer roller may define an elongated slot extending along a length of the outer rol...