ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,713, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).
"Retail merchandise shelving system" was invented by Jamie A. Smedley (Hudson, Ohio) and William J. Mertz (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shelve brackets and shelf arrangements are provided. First and second brackets are provided. Each bracket has a support section, a mounting section and a transition section. The mounting section is laterally offset from the support section. The support section includes a vertical, top and bottom flange portions. The top and bottom flange portions are vertically spaced and extend from a first side of vert...