ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,353, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ovvotech Innovations Ltd. (Newry, Great Britain).
"Coupling element for an article of furniture" was invented by Sean Phillips (Newry, Great Britain) and Donal Phillips (Newry, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling element includes at least one coupling member having a first end and a second end, wherein the coupling member has a flat face on a first side thereof, at least one barb extending in cantilever manner from the flat face and depending away from the first end so as to hinder or prevent the removal of the coupling element from a bore in a surface of a first article int...