US Patent Issued on Feb. 24 for "Movement system for one leaf of a lift-sliding door or lift-sliding door-window, as well as lift-sliding door or lift-sliding door-window including the movement system" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,013, issued on Feb. 24.

"Movement system for one leaf of a lift-sliding door or lift-sliding door-window, as well as lift-sliding door or lift-sliding door-window including the movement system" was invented by Aimone Balbo di Vinadio (Ponte Tresa, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for moving a leaf of a slidable lifting door or door-window between a locked lowered closed position, where the insulating element in the leaf is compressed against the floor and hinders sliding, and at least two unlocked raised closed and open positions, between which the leaf is free to slide, includes a guide rail, which can be anchored...