ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,810, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).

"Fitting for the movable mounting of a pivot element relative to a stationary support" was invented by Irmela Mara Geller (Dornbirn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a panel of a carrier, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a pivoting element and pivotally connected to the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion includes a mounting member having a fastening device for fixing the mounting member to the panel of the carrier, and the first fitting portion includes a coupling member...