ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,251, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Unirac Inc. (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Multi-level mounting system" was invented by Chad Robinson (Folsom, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tiered mounting system includes a base plate including a mounting guide rail having a plurality of mounting grooves that extend along opposing sides of the guide rail. The system also includes an object mount connector having a plurality of mounting ridges. The object mount connector is configured to: slidingly engage the mounting guide rail via insertion of one or more of the plurality of mounting ridges within a corresponding one or more of the plural...