ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,751, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Julius Blum GmbH (Hoechst, Austria).

"Device for receiving signals via at least one electrically driveable or adjustable furniture element" was invented by Thomas Ruedisser (Hohenems, Austria), Florian Burtscher (Dornbirn, Austria) and Thomas Taimler (Hoechst, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for receiving signals via an electrically driveable or adjustable furniture element includes a receiving device for receiving at least one wirelessly transmitted signal, and the at least one wirelessly transmitted signal that has been received by the receiving device can be transmitted on to...