ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,291, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (LN Delft, Netherlands).
"Drawer, and a drawer sliding system for such drawer" was invented by Benny Andersson (Almhult, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding system for a drawer is provided. The sliding system comprises at least o two parts being moveable relative each other and adapted for together forming a connection between the drawer and an associated cabinet, wherein one of said at least two parts 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 lipophilic c...