ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,828, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ARTURO SALICE S.P.A. (Novedrate, Italy).
"Hinge for furniture" 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) provided 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 (39) for controlling the closing/opening movement of the hinge (1) completely arranged within said fixed part (2) or movable part (5) of the hinge, and a drive...