ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,428, issued on May 20, was assigned to KING SLIDE WORKS Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Furniture assembly" was invented by Ken-Ching Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Shih-Lung Huang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Yi-Syuan Jhao (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Chun-Chiang Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture assembly includes a first object, a second object, a self-closing device, an aiding member, an interlock mechanism and an actuating part. The second object is displaceable relative to the first object. The self-closing device is arranged on the first object and includes a ...