US Patent Issued to ARTURO SALICE on April 29 for "Hinge for furniture with drive means for a movement control device" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,827, issued on April 29, was assigned to ARTURO SALICE S.P.A. (Novedrate, Italy).

"Hinge for furniture with drive means for a movement control device" was invented by Sergio Salice (Carimate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The hinge (1) for furniture comprises a substantially flat-shaped fixed part (2) conformed to be inserted in a seat (3) within the thickness of a horizontal wall (4) of the piece of furniture, and a movable part (5) connectable to a door (7); the hinge (1) comprises a movement control device (25, 32, 39, 43, 47, 55) within said fixed part (2) or movable part (5) of the hinge for controlling the closing/opening...