ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,748, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).
"Set of panels with a mechanical locking device" was invented by Peter Derelov (Helsingborg, Sweden) and Johan Svensson (Nyvang, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set including a first panel, a second panel and a mechanical locking device for locking the first panel to the second panel, wherein the first panel includes a first edge surface, the second panel includes a second panel surface, the first edge surface is facing the second panel surface in a locked position of the first and the second panel, the mechanical locking device includes at least ...