ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,047, issued on June 3, was assigned to Boom Hardware LLC (North Salt Lake, Utah).

"Bracket system and method" was invented by Steven Montgomery (North Salt Lake, Utah), Scott Montgomery (Idaho Falls, Idaho) and Michelle O'Neal (North Salt Lake, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a bracket system for coupling to a wall, the wall having an exterior layer supported by a support beam. The bracket system includes an anchor having a flange, a stud portion extending rearwards, and a block portion extending frontwards. The stud portion extends through the exterior layer to engage the support beam ...