ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,415, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to InterMetro Industries Corp. (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.).

"Attachment device for securing a shelf to a shelving unit" was invented by David A Reppert (Kingston, Pa.), Jeffrey C. Olson (Dallas, Pa.) and Brock Romantic (Larksville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelving unit has a plurality of posts, a shelf, and a shelf attachment device. The shelf has corner edges that are coupled to the posts. The shelf attachment device is formed as a separate component from the posts and the shelf. The shelf attachment device is attachable to one of the plurality of posts, and detachable from the one of the ...