ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,894, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LANG AND FULTON Ltd. (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
"Architectural structure comprising pivoting suspended tiles" was invented by Robin Fulton (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An architectural structure comprises a grating panel (1), wherein said grating panel comprises securing means for securing said grating panel to a building or other structure, which when installed comprises substantially horizontal bars (8) and tiles (3) suspended from and pivotable on the axes of said horizontal bars, wherein said tiles cannot assume a position of stable equilibrium other than the po...