ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,032, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KAPROCK MANAGEMENT LLC (Grapevine, Texas).
"Shelving unit" was invented by Matthew Eaton Davis (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Noah Michael Rodebaugh (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Dylan Tyler Ritchie (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a vertical shelving unit with transverse support members (SMs) (e.g., rails) supporting bins by their corresponding lips. The vertical shelving unit may, for example, include multiple vertical posts (VPs) defining a three-dimensional space. The VPs may, for example, include a set of SMs coupled to the VPs on o...