US Patent Issued to Pella on March 24 for "Screen channel inserts for fenestration units" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,351, issued on March 24, was assigned to Pella Corp. (Pella, Iowa).

"Screen channel inserts for fenestration units" was invented by Adam Austin (Altoona, Iowa) and Travis Eisenbarth (Otley, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screen channel insert for use in connection with a fenestration unit frame including a spline channel. The screen channel insert includes a frame attachment portion for attaching the screen channel insert to the spline channel of the fenestration unit frame, and a channel portion defining an insert spline channel. The insert spline channel is configured to receive a spline to secure a screen to the screen cha...