ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,567, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Columbia Frame Inc. (Montreal).
"Over the door hanging assembly" was invented by Stirling Mintz (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An over the door hanging apparatus formed from a pair of hangers and a corresponding set of brackets that allows each hanger to be extended or retracted from the object to be positioned on the door. Each hanger includes a shaft extending from a ball to a hook and each mounting bracket includes a channel having a passageway dimensioned to accept the shaft but not the ball of each hanger. The shaft of each of the pair of hangers extends through the passageway the ...