US Patent Issued to Hafele on June 2 for "Sliding door fitting" (Hungarian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,324, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hafele SE & Co KG (Nagold, Germany).

"Sliding door fitting" was invented by Szabolcs Antal Gera (Biatorbagy, Hungary) and Lajos Bartoss (Budapest, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding door fitting guides a first and a second sliding door. A first and a second guide element can each be connected to the first sliding door. Via a guide arrangement, the first and the second guide element can be guided between a first closed and first open position. The guide arrangement has a central and a first end module releasably connected to one another. The central module has a first transfer elemen...