US Patent Issued to pronorm Einbaukuchen on April 14 for "Furniture body having a front panel" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,232, issued on April 14, was assigned to pronorm Einbaukuchen GmbH (Vlotho, Germany).

"Furniture body having a front panel" was invented by Roger Klinkenberg (Voerendaal, Netherlands) and Thorsten Gosling (Bad Salzuflen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front panel for a furniture body allows an end face of movable furniture parts provided with a handle rail, bar or strip to be gripped from behind. A chamber accommodates a lighting device and has a light exit opening. The one-piece front panel has a wall curved multiple times, a first end portion which supports the chamber, and a base connected to the other end of the wall. ...