US Patent Issued to Inter IKEA Systems on Feb. 10 for "Furniture rotary system having reduced friction, and a piece of furniture comprising such system" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,363, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (Pratteln, Switzerland).

"Furniture rotary system having reduced friction, and a piece of furniture comprising such system" was invented by Benny Andersson (Vislanda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furniture rotary system for a piece of furniture is provided. The furniture rotary system is forming a sliding rotary connection between a rotational member and a stationary member wherein said furniture rotary system comprises at least one sliding surface being coated with a lacquer comprising a resin, wherein said lacquer in turn is at least partly coated with a lip...