ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,190, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).

"Guiding system for guiding at least one door leaf, comprising at least one switch device and at least one sensor" was invented by Markus Irgang (Altach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guiding system includes a support on which a door leaf can be mounted; a support guide rail; and a guiding device by which the support is movably mounted or can be movably mounted on the support guide rail. The guiding system includes a switch device and/or a sensor or an interface for securing the switch device and/or sensor. The switch device and/or sensor is/are...