ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,500, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMET KALIP VE MADENI ESYA SAN VE TIC. A.S (Esenyurt/Istanbul, Turkey).

"Hydraulic damper for furniture doors and drawers" was invented by Christian Prentner (Gotzis, Austria), Nurettin Guzeltepe (Esenyurt/Istanbul, Turkey) and Umut Coskun (Esenyurt/Istanbul, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydraulic damper (1000) for furniture doors or drawers. Damper (1000) comprises housing (1) having closed first end (11) and second end (12) distal thereto, allowing linear reciprocations of rod (2) inside housing (1) along axis (A). Damper (1000) further comprises piston (3) connected to rod (2). Piston...