ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,974, issued on May 19, was assigned to Desmond Hawley (Oshawa, Canada).

"Receptacle rack for stackable receptacles" was invented by Desmond Hawley (Oshawa, Canada) and Timothy Teatro (Oshawa, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle rack including a base providing a surface for abutting support for a retainer plate and a plurality of mounting receptacles; the retainer plate coupled to the base; a plurality of retainer apertures formed within the retainer plate, each retainer aperture sized to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of mounting receptacles, each retainer aperture having a diameter smaller than the larges...