ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,914, issued on May 6, was assigned to ARLU NV (Ardooie, Belgium).
"Recessed pivot hinge" was invented by Lander Jean-Pierre Herreman (Kortrijk, Belgium), Alexander Pauwels (Kortrijk, Belgium) and Jean-Michel Philippe Jean-Paul Buess (Bruges, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a recessed pivot hinge for hingeably fastening a door leaf in a door frame, including a pivot; a fitting sleeve in which the pivot is fitted in a height-adjustable manner; a socket which is fastenable in a recessed manner in the door frame or forms part thereof; and a fastening body, to be recessed into the door leaf, for fa...