US Patent Issued to FERRAMENTA LIVENZA on March 4 for "Device for supporting and fixing shelves of furniture" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,226, issued on March 4, was assigned to FERRAMENTA LIVENZA S.R.L. (Brugnera, Italy).

"Device for supporting and fixing shelves of furniture" was invented by Antonio Giovannetti (Segrate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for supporting and fixing a shelf to a side of a furniture item has a casing with an inner cavity, a pin positioned in the inner cavity, and an elastic member urging against the pin such that a tip of the pin protrudes from an edge of the casing in one position. The pin is retractable into the inner cavity of the casing when a force is applied to the pin such that the pin tilts within the inner cavity." ...