ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,917, issued on May 27, was assigned to ViaTouch Media Inc. (San Diego).
"Cantilevered weight sensitive shelf, rail, and mounting system" was invented by James Winsor (Riverside, Calif.), Thomas Murn (Nissequeogue, N.Y.), Robert Hurtado (Corona, Calif.) and Milan Alvarado (Corona, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rack assembly for use with an automatic retail device. The rack assembly includes a rack body comprising and a load bar configured to mount to the rack body. The rack body includes a fastening element configured to mount the rack body to a portion of the automatic retail device and a main shelf controller disposed with...