ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,461, issued on May 27, was assigned to Manufacturing Resources International Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Fan unit for providing improved airflow within display assemblies" was invented by William Dunn (Alpharetta, Ga.), Marcos Diaz (Alpharetta, Ga.), Mike Brown (Cumming, Ga.), Kevin O'Connor (Duluth, Ga.) and Alex Moreau (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fan unit for improved airflow within a display assembly is provided. Fans are provided at a housing which includes a rear wall opposite a forward portion and an upper surface extending therebetween. The rear wall extends laterally beyond each of the fans and defines peak...