ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,827, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HOEK HOME LLC (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
"Flat pack, click-together furniture joint system" was invented by Conor Coghlan (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture system includes a tabletop and a leg. The tabletop has a chassis system defining a storage slot and including a leg mount defining a leg slot. The leg is receivable within the storage slot to support the leg within the chassis system in a stored configuration. The leg has head and foot end portions. The head end portion has first and second branches that are receivable within the leg slot. The first branch is separated from the...