ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,060, issued on July 21.

"System for the controlled rotary movement of a door, a leaf or the like" was invented by Mihai Mesaros (Nave, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for the rotary coupling of a closing element about a stationary support structure includes a first hinge device and at least one second hinge device. The first and the second hinge devices include a movable element having a hinge body and a fixed element having a pivot. The hinge body and the pivot are rotatably coupled to each other to rotate between the open and closed position of the closing element. The first and second hinge devices can be coupled to ...