ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,106, issued on May 27, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Composed element and rear wall construction applied herewith" was invented by Luc Maertens (Ardooie, Belgium), Luc Deman (Izegem, Belgium), Mark Cappelle (Staden, Belgium), Luc Vanhastel (Tielt, Belgium), Maarten Marres (Ghent, Belgium) and Jan Van Troys (Kachtem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composed element, such as a piece of furniture, wherein the composed element comprises at least a rear wall, as well as a number of constructional parts forming a whole in which the rear wall has to be provided. The rear wall forms the rear side of the composed e...