ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,862, issued on June 23, was assigned to Renson Outdoor NV (Kruisem, Belgium).
"Telescopic hinge" was invented by Ruben Vandendriessche (Oudenaarde, Belgium) and Joost Benjamin Renaat De Frene (Waregem, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic hinge (30) is described for a rail guidance system (1) for guiding a sliding device (20) along an elongated guide rail (10) with a longitudinal axis (12). The telescopic hinge (30) comprises a first hinge part (32) and a second hinge part (34) that is mounted rotatably in the first hinge part (32) for rotation about a hinge-rotation axis (38). The second hinge part (34) is mounted sli...