ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,027, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).

"Method for connecting a front panel to a drawer lateral wall" was invented by Gerald Sperger (Hard, Austria), Claudio Gmeiner (Alberschwende, Austria), Benjamin Von Der Wellen (Bludenz, Austria) and Michael Raffeiner (Hard, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of mounting a front panel on a drawer side wall for a drawer, the drawer side wall has a connecting device for connecting a front panel to the drawer side wall, an end face facing the front panel to be connected, and a marking device for marking a position for a drill hole in the front p...