ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,637, issued on June 24, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).
"Unlocking system for panels" was invented by Roger Ylikangas (Lerberget, Sweden), Karl Quist (Hoganas, Sweden), Anders Nilsson (Helsingborg, Sweden) and Caroline Landgard (Hoganas, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of essentially identical panels, such as building panels, provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue arranged in a displacement groove having a first opening at a first edge of a first panel. The tongue is configured to be displaced in the displacement groove along a displacement axis to attain a locking...