ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,022, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Innovation Lock LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Devices, systems and methods for hanging and securing items for display" was invented by William H. Bullwinkel (Farmingdale, N.Y.), Robert Ludwig (Newton, N.J.), David R. Wachsman (Palm Beach Gardens, N.Y.) and Alvin Ma (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for hanging and securing items for display. The hanger devices and systems are self-locking, secure and do not require special tools to install and/or remove. A hanger for displaying at least one item of merchandise relative to a structure includes a first...