ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,090, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DANDORI VIS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device and fixing structure for article attaching member" was invented by Kenji Saito (Tokyo) and Kyohei Kaneda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device configured to be used for fixing an article attaching member, to which a desired article or articles is/are attachable, to a fragile wall surface comprises an engagement wall formed to be engaged with a predetermined engaged portion of the article attaching member; a side wall connected to a connecting portion of the engagement wall; and one or more engaging portions formed on a portion of th...