ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,518, issued on June 10, was assigned to Virco Mfg. Corp. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Method of manufacturing at least a portion of a swivel glide" was invented by Man F. Hui (Monterey Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel glide is disclosed herein. The swivel glide can include an upper member coupled to a leg of a furniture and a lower member coupled to the upper member via a ball and socket joint. Both the upper member and the lower member are manufactured via injection molding methods. In one example, a cavity side mold and a core side mold can be coupled together prior to injection molding the upper member. Once finished, ...