ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,901, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hardware Resources Inc. (Bossier City, La.).
"Powered vanity pullout" was invented by Joel Gomez (Garland, Texas) and Dennis McGregor (Dallas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered vanity system with a power outlet positioned on the bottom of a drawer box adjacent a face plate with an optical trigger that prevents the flow of electricity to the power outlet when the drawer box is in a closed position and allows the flow of electricity to the power outlet when the drawer box is in an open position. A cable manager controls the power cord as the drawer box moves between open and closed position...