ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,493, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (Netherlands).

"Locking arrangement for drawers in a cabinet, a cabinet comprising such arrangement and a drawer rail" was invented by Tony Johansson (Asarum, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking arrangement for a plurality of drawers in a cabinet may include (i) a drawer support arrangement associated with an associated drawer, (ii) a drawer locking arrangement, and (iii) an actuator associated with the associated drawer. The drawer support arrangement may include a drawer rail attached to the associated drawer and a guiding rail attached to the cabinet. The dr...