ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,405, issued on Oct. 7.
"Device for support and removable fixing of shelves to the uprights of a furniture item" was invented by Antonio Giovannetti (Segrate, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supporting and removably fixing shelves of furniture, such as bookcases, shelf units and the like, by a pin associated with a shelf and configured to be inserted in a hole formed in a side wall of a furniture item. The device is configured to be inserted in the thickness of the shelf and has a casing, inside whereof the pin is mounted, ending with a head, which is stressed by a compression spring, to protrude normally from the edg...