ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,276, issued on June 17, was assigned to Zarges GmbH (Weilheim, Germany).

"Shelf" was invented by Erkan Soyturk (Weilheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelf is provided including shelf frames having hole lines, in particular formed by one front and one rear bar each and comprising pull-out rails which extend substantially horizontally along one shelf frame each, in particular from a front bar to a rear bar, and are mounted thereon via a front rail holder and via a rear rail holder. An upper and a lower hook pin are formed on each rail holder, which hook pins are intended for engagement in holes of the hole lines and engag...