ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,114, issued on April 29, was assigned to ZINUS INC. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Connecting wedges and systems for sofa assembly" was invented by Younjae Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Munhan Bae (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Keunyoung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a connector, comprising an installation surface, a first reclined surface and a second reclined surface respectively located on two sides of the installation surface, and a connection surface opposite to the installation surface; the first reclined surface and the second reclined surface extend from the instal...