ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,890, issued on Sept. 30.

"Track fitting assembly for sliding doors, and track system" was invented by Martin Zimmer (Rheinau, Germany) and Gunther Zimmer (Rheinau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track fitting assembly includes at least two mutually parallel tracks for a sliding door system. It further includes at least one Z-shaped carrier part, which has a fastening leg, a vertical leg and a support leg. The track fitting assembly also includes at least one insert part, at least some regions of which may be encompassed by the carrier part. Both the carrier part and the insert part each have a constant cross-section along ...