ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,824, issued on June 23, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).
"Set of panels comprising a locking device" was invented by Fredrik Boo (Kagerod, Sweden) and Anders Nilsson (Helsingborg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of panels includes a locking device for locking a first edge portion of a first panel to a second edge portion of a second panel. The locking device includes a horizontal locking device and a vertical locking device. The vertical locking device includes a separate tongue arranged in an insertion groove of the first edge portion and a tongue groove provided in the second edge portion. In a ver...