US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Aug. 26 for "Hangable apparatus and systems and methods therefor" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,586, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Hangable apparatus and systems and methods therefor" was invented by Paige Wexler (Highland Park, Ill.), Joshua Bobo (Round Lake, Ill.) and John Piazzi (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track hanger (100) includes a book (103) and an extension (104), a base member (102), and a key (403). The key is detachable from the hook, and the base member is detachable from the extension. The key can include a first major surface (401) and a second major surface (402). The first major surface can define one or more barbs (404) that facilitate one-way inser...