ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,347, issued on Nov. 25.
"Mechanism of movement of an upward-tilting door" was invented by Antonio Giovannetti (Segrate, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanism for moving a furniture item door with an upward-tilting opening, the mechanism being contained in a box having two half-shells, and including a hinge with five points (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), having three levers (L1, L2, L3), the levers (L1, L2) are articulated one with the other at the fulcrum point (P2), arranged in one of their intermediate zones, lever (L2) is articulated at one of its end in the fulcrum point (P3) to one end of the lever (L3), the other end is articul...