ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,402, issued on May 6, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).

"Shelf with integrated roller securement" was invented by Dean Mook (Medina, Ohio), William H. Walker (Fairlawn, Ohio), Keith C. Eden (Rockford, Ill.), Ashok Kumara Dyavarasegowda (Bangalore, India) and Shane Obitts (North Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor system includes a conveyor frame having a frame base and a pair of parallel frame sidewalls. Each sidewall extend from a top side of the base to a distal end defining a plurality of sockets. The sockets include a socket bearing configured to support a corresponding roller sha...