US Patent Issued to Menasha on June 10 for "Paper-based peg hook" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,528, issued on June 10, was assigned to Menasha Corp. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Paper-based peg hook" was invented by Mariah T. VanLeeuwen (Brampton, Canada), Richard A. Wilson (Brampton, Canada), Michael S. Wilcox (Brampton, Canada) and Andre N. Fortier (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An environmentally friendly peg hook made from a paper based material that can be used on a display. The paper material can be recycled or is degradable in a land fill. The peg hook includes an anchor structure for securing the peg hook to a wall of a display through a slot in the wall. The peg hook can include a single hook structure or multip...