ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,255, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BORTOLUZZI SISTEMI S.P.A. (Belluno, Italy).
"Furniture item equipped with a compartment that can be closed by leaves" was invented by Angelo Irrera (Belluno, Italy), Adriano Girotto (Belluno, Italy) and Rodolfo Dal Castel (Belluno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture item is described comprising compartment, an L-shaped guide arranged on the ceiling of the furniture item, and a first and second leaf to uncover or close the compartment. Thanks to a column element hinged at one end of the second leaf and coupled with two parallel guides mounted on the side of the furniture item, the ...