ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,799, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pronorm Einbaukuchen GmbH (Vlotho, Germany).
"Front panel for a furniture body" was invented by Roger Klinkenberg (Voerendaal, Netherlands) and Thorsten Gosling (Bad Salzuflen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front panel for a furniture body allows an end face of movable furniture parts provided with a handle bar or strip to be gripped from behind. The front panel has a chamber accommodating a lighting device. The one-piece front panel has a base plate, in front of which a wall with multiple curvatures is connected. A first end portion of the wall extends from the movable furniture par...