ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,834, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).
"Set of panels comprising a locking device" was invented by Anders Nilsson (Helsingborg, Sweden) and Fredrik Boo (Kagerod, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a set of panels, such as building panels, comprising a first panel and a second panel and a locking device for locking a first edge portion of the first panel to a second edge portion of the second panel. The locking device includes a vertical locking device. The vertical locking device comprises a flexible tongue arranged in an insertion groove of one of said first edge p...