ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,014, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Samet Kalip Ve Madeni Esya San Ve Tic. A.S. (Istanbul).

"Control arm for movable furniture parts" was invented by Artur Hirtsiefer (Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, Germany), Nurettin Guzeltepe (Istanbul) and Izzet Yarar (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control arm includes a first and a second arm section pivotably connected to each other. A control part is coupled to the first arm section and includes a control surface. A thrust piece is mounted on the second arm section and includes a counter control surface. At least one spring element biases the thrust piece relative to the control piece....