ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,135, issued on June 3, was assigned to Bil-Jax Inc. (Archbold, Ohio).

"Rack apparatus" was invented by Chris Ledford (Edon, Ohio) and Mark Wagner (Archbold, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack apparatus may have a plurality of uprights and stanchions coupled to a base, where the uprights and the stanchions may form areas configured to receive and support scaffolding and at least one working component. The base may be configured to be transported by a material handling device."

The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2022, under Application No. 17/819,665.

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