ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,277, issued on May 5, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).
"Hinge" was invented by Christof Goetz (Lustenau, Austria), Thomas Schuler (Hard, Austria) and David Kirchmair (Lustenau, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge includes an attachment part to fasten the hinge to a fixed furniture part, an articulated lever, and a hinge cup pivotably arranged on the attachment part via the articulated lever. The articulated lever is mounted with the hinge cup via a hinge pin, and the hinge cup can be fastened to a movable furniture part. A damping device dampens a relative movement between the attachment part and the hing...