ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,512, issued on May 5.

"Fence mounted shelving device" was invented by Brian Rickard (Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fence mounted shelving device for attaching shelving to fence posts includes a fence having a first fence post and a second fence post each being mounted within and extending upwardly from a ground surface. A shelving unit is coupled to the first and second fence posts. The shelving unit includes a shelf rod having a first end portion and a second end portion. A first bracket is coupled to a second bracket around a respective one of the first and second fence posts thereby forming a fence mount. Th...