ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,800, issued on March 3, was assigned to Pella Corp. (Pella, Iowa).
"Slide mechanism for fenestration unit and associated methods" was invented by Todd A Bernhagen (Pella, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fenestration units that include slide mechanisms that operate the unit through linear motion. Slide mechanism designs include a handle, a slide member coupled to the handle, and a linear rail along which the slide member is slidably received such that the slide member is operable to slide in a linear motion. The slide member includes an attachment structure for operatively coupling with a drive belt to transfer linear motion throu...