ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,702, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Lowe's Cos. Inc. (Mooresville, N.C.).

"Closet organization systems" was invented by Yussif Shehata (Mooresville, N.C.), Ashley Imsand (Huntersville, N.C.), Alex Soriano (Troutman, N.C.) and Jessica Casavecchia (Davidson, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A customizable closet organization system includes support elements that can be selectively combined and arranged. A closet organization system includes a support track, a support rail, and a shelf support bracket. The support track includes apertures for mounting the support track horizontally to a wall. The support rail includes bracket mou...