ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,815, issued on April 1.
"Hang standard and storage system including the hang standard" was invented by Peter Nilsson (Vastervik, Sweden) and Tobias Ringenhag (Vastervik, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hang standard, for mounting vertically and connecting with cantilevered brackets, is elongated and has an approximately U-shaped cross-section with a front portion and two rearwards extending leg portions. The front portion comprises a plurality of slots located in a recess between first and second protruding portions, which are located on first and second side of the slots. The recess is laterally continuous from the first to ...