ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,729, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TRACER IMAGING LLC (Ossining, N.Y.).

"Connector for frame" was invented by Jessica Huffman (Wilton, Conn.), Ryan Kelly (Queens, N.Y.) and Steven M. Spiro (Chappaqua, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for repositionably securing a frame to a support surface includes a body having a first face, an opposite second face, a first side edge and an opposite second side edge. The connector has a non-permanent adhesive layer located along the first face and further includes an angled release tab that extends outwardly from the first side edge. One or more projections extend outwardly fro...