ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,495, issued on May 27, was assigned to Edsal Manufacturing Co. LLC (Chicago).
"Weldless shelf support beams and shelving units utilizing same" was invented by Anusha Chakraborthy (Bolingbrook, Ill.), Mitchell E. Bianchin (Villa Park, Ill.) and Rohan Parab (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelf support beam for use in a shelving unit to support a shelf. The support beam includes a first end and a second end at opposite longitudinal ends of the shelf support beam between which a structural member extends. The structural member has a C-shaped cross-section and includes a web separating a top flange configured to support the she...