ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,931, issued on July 1, was assigned to Seville Classics Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).
"Modular cabinet assembly" was invented by Gary M Lim (Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif.) and Yi Min Li (Zhongshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular cabinet assembly has at least a first sub-cabinet and a second sub-cabinet. Each sub-cabinet includes a back board having at least two separate back board pieces that are pivotably connected to each other, a left side board pivotably connected to one of the at least two back board pieces, and a right side board pivotably connected to another of the at least two back board pieces. At least one shelf...