ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,401, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to VILOX SYSTEMS AB (Helsingborg, Sweden).
"Joining system for furniture" was invented by Bobby Markovski (Helsingborg, Sweden) and Magnus Persson (Helsingborg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining system for furniture is provided. The joining system comprises a first furniture element and a joining element. The joining element has a width between a first and a second surface in the area of the second engaging portion. An increase in the width causes a first engaging portion to press harder on a first stabilizing portion which causes a male coupling portion to bend in a direction towards ...