ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,281, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH (Deutschlandsberg, Australia).

"Filler element, telescopic column, and method of making a telescopic column" was invented by Mathias Mair (Bad Schwanberg, Austria) and Michael Hartner-Stranimaier (Bad Schwanberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filler element for compensating for a tolerance between two coaxially arranged telescopic tubes of a telescopic column of a height-adjustable piece of furniture comprises a base body having a first side surface and a second side surface facing away from the first side surface. In this regard, the f...