US Patent Issued to Oreste Lanzani on July 7 for "Hinge in particular for household appliance" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,344, issued on July 7, was assigned to Oreste Lanzani (Bagnolo Mella, Italy).

"Hinge in particular for household appliance" was invented by Oreste Lanzani (Bagnolo Mella, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinge in particular for a household appliance, for example a refrigerator, adapted to connect together at least one closing element 1, 1' with the body 2 of said household appliance 3 at an opening 4 provided in said body, said hinge allowing to roto-translate said closing element 1, 1' between a first operating position P1 in which it closes said opening 4, to a second operating position P2, P3 angularly spaced by at least 90de...