ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,937, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Clairson Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Storage systems including back channels and walls mountable along the back channels" was invented by Enrique Beuses (Gainesville, Fla.), Thomas Jones (Ocala, Fla.) and Ryan Bishop (Ocala, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary storage system generally includes a least one back channel mountable along a support surface (e.g., a back wall of a closet, etc.). At least one wall or panel of the storage system is mountable (e.g., via a connector, etc.) along the back channel. The storage system may also generally include one or more of a hang rod, side bracket...