ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,024, issued on June 10, was assigned to GANG GWO INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Pingtung, Taiwan).

"Hinge mechanism" was invented by Ko-Ming Cheng (Pingtung, Taiwan) and Sheng-Chieh Yang (Pingtung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation seat having a first guiding element and a second guiding element mounted inside of a hinge mechanism is mounted at a wall or a frame's surface. A first guided assembly and a second guided assembly are mounted at the fixation seat and respectively guided by the first guiding element and the second guiding element to move away from each other or move back. A movable assembly comprises a movable and pivo...