US Patent Issued to UNILIN on April 21 for "Composed element and corner connection applied herewith" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,216, issued on April 21, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Composed element and corner connection applied herewith" was invented by Mark Cappelle (Staden, Belgium) and Luc Deman (Izegem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composed element includes at least two panel-shaped elements, such as a locking tongue and groove connection, that are arranged to be coupled to each other at an angle, either directly or indirectly by means of an intermediate piece. The connection includes, at least at one of the panel-shaped elements, a tongue or groove, cooperable with a groove or tongue provided on the other panel-shaped el...