ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,801, issued on April 29, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Set of mutually lockable panels" was invented by Jan Eddy De Rick (Geraardsbergen, Belgium) and Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen (Aldeneik-Maaseik, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the...