ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,659, issued on April 7, was assigned to TELECO AUTOMATION S.R.L. (Treviso, Italy).
"Roller awning with lights" was invented by Luigi Borsoi (Treviso, Italy) and Roberto Collovini (Treviso, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roller awning, with lights, includes: a sheet; a shaft for winding/unwinding it; a structure supporting the shaft; a crosspiece for constraining an edge of the sheet; pairs of articulated arms for supporting and moving the crosspiece with respect to the support structure; and a plurality of LED lights fixed at least to the articulated arms. Articulation is obtained through disks fixed to cooperating ends of th...