ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,491, issued on May 13.
"Shelf support" was invented by Simon John Homes Cole (Essex, Great Britain) and Dev Bhupatrai Raval (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelf support, especially for loft shelving, comprises an elongate member intended to support a shelf, the member having a respective socket at each of two mutually opposite ends, and two mounting brackets each comprising two spaced-apart arms and each insertable into a respective one of the sockets to be positionable therein with the arms projecting away from the member in the length direction of the member so as to provide securing projections for embracing and securing...