US Patent Issued to Inter IKEA Systems on July 7 for "Extension table" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,714, issued on July 7, was assigned to Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (Delft, Netherlands).

"Extension table" was invented by Thomas Holma (Svangsta, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension table (2) comprises a plurality of extension rails (4, 6) each extending along the table (2) for adjusting a dimension of the said table (2); an extension leaf (14); and a locking mechanism, comprising a first locking part (16) fixed to an extension rail (4) of the said plurality of extension rails (4, 6); and a second locking part (18) fixed to the extension leaf (14); wherein the first locking part (16) is lockable to the second locking part ...