ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,310, issued on June 16, was assigned to Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG (Kirchlengern, Germany).
"Pullout guide" was invented by Waldemar Petker (Buende, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pullout guide comprises a stationary guide rail which can be fixed to a body, a middle rail which is movably held on the guide rail via first rolling elements arranged in a first rolling element cage, a running rail which is movably held on the middle rail via second rolling elements arranged in a second rolling element cage, and an opening on the middle rail for a support element, which, in a retracted position of the pullout guide, supports the ...