ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,573, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).

"Fitting, in particular furniture fitting, for movably mounting a pivoting element" was invented by Irmela Mara Geller (Dornbirn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitting for movably mounting a pivoting element relative to a stationary support includes a first fitting part to be fastened to a panel of the support; a second fitting part for fastening to the pivoting element, the second fitting part being pivotably connected to the first fitting part; a hinge pin arranged on the second fitting part and oriented substantially orthogonally relative to th...