ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,224, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CleverMade LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Closet storage system" was invented by Abraham Peters (Monrovia, Calif.), Jamison Burton Miller (San Marcos, Calif.) and Jennifer Catherine Sutcliffe Weiler Fimbres (Santee, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelf system may include a first shelf module having attachment features for connecting the first shelf module to a second shelf module, such that the first shelf module can support the second shelf module in a hanging configuration, or the second shelf module can support the first shelf module in a freestanding configuration. The shelf modules may ...