This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Pella Corporation. Active years: 2026.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2026
Title: Shawn Smothers and Fenestration Unit Innovation.
Introduction
Shawn Smothers is an inventor associated with Pella, Iowa, and Pella Corporation. His patent work addresses components used in fenestration units, such as windows and doors, with a focus on the connection and sealing of intersecting frame members.
Latest Patents
Smothers is named on 1 patent: “End Cap and Corner Block for Fenestration Unit.” The patent describes a fenestration unit with horizontal and vertical members that meet at a corner. Its end cap fits within an access opening and includes a housing with horizontal and vertical portions. The horizontal portion couples to a seal, while the vertical portion forms a cover for the opening. The invention also describes a corner block that joins the horizontal and vertical members. Its body contains cavities designed to receive fasteners, supporting the connection between the frame components.
Career Highlights
Smothers’s listed patent reflects work on practical fenestration hardware. By combining an end cap, seal, cover, and fastener-receiving corner block, the design addresses several details involved in assembling and finishing a frame corner.
Collaborations
Smothers is associated with Pella Corporation. Mohammad Abdelrahim is identified as a coworker.
Conclusion
Shawn Smothers’s patent documents an integrated approach to fenestration-unit corners, bringing together components intended to support frame assembly, sealing, and access-opening coverage.
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