US Patent Issued to Paul Hettich on Nov. 25 for "Device for holding, braking or accelerating a movable furniture part, closing system, and piece of furniture" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,180, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. KG (Kirchlengern, Germany).

"Device for holding, braking or accelerating a movable furniture part, closing system, and piece of furniture" was invented by Stefan Klaus (Bunde, Germany) and Volker Pohlmann (Herford, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for holding, braking or accelerating a movable furniture part includes a driver which is movable along a guide path between at least two end positions, and an activator which can be brought into engagement with the driver at a receptacle in order to hold, brake or accelerate a movable furniture part, and can be d...