ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,437, issued on May 20, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).
"Hinge assembly" was invented by Florian Gstrein (Wolfurt, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge assembly includes an installing body to be secured on a furniture carcass; a furniture hinge which has two fitting parts interconnected via at least one joint axle; and a locking device, by which one of the fitting parts of the furniture hinge can be releasably locked to the installing body. The fitting part of the furniture hinge to be locked on the mounting body has three plates arranged one above the other. A first of the three plates faces towards the...