ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,782, issued on June 24.

"Guitar hanging device" was invented by John Richerme (Charleston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guitar hanging device includes a substantially L-shaped first bracket having a substantially vertical first leg and a substantially horizontal first leg, the substantially horizontal first leg sized and configured to fit between two external stacked objects. A guitar hanging fork structure is attached to an upper portion of the substantially vertical first leg. A substantially L-shaped second bracket has a substantially horizontal second leg and a substantially vertical second leg, the second bracket being ...