ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,712, issued on July 29, was assigned to Jasper Seating Co. Inc. (Jasper, Ind.).
"Glide assembly system" was invented by Jeremy S. Kibby (Jasper, Ind.) and Michael R. Shields (Greensboro, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a glide assembly to connect adjacent furniture legs on items such as, for example, chairs or tables. For example, chairs can have a glide assembly attached at the bottom of each of its front legs or to all of its legs, or a table can have a glide attached to some or all of its legs. Each glide may have a magnet that, when mated with adjacent glide's magnet, connects the chair legs a...