ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,276, issued on May 5, was assigned to Samet Kalip Ve Madeni Esya San Ve Tic. A.S. (Istanbul).

"Furniture fitting having an adjustment mechanism" 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 furniture fitting having an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the preload of a spring element, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a spring bearing and a preloading element, by means of which the spring bearing can be adjusted, wherein the adjustment of the spring bearing increases and/or decreases the preloading of the spring eleme...