ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,490, issued on May 13, was assigned to Shurtape Technologies LLC (Avon, Ohio).
"Mountable shelf system" was invented by Daniel Woolman (London), Stuart Woolman (Charlotte, N.C.) and Heidi Carrion (Avon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall mountable shelving system that includes a back panel, and shelf panel, and at least one fastener for securing the back and shelf panels together. In a mounted configuration, the back panel is generally vertically oriented and the shelf panel is generally horizontally oriented. Surfaces of the back and shelf panels may form a 90 degrees angle. However, it is also possible for slight variance (...