US Patent Issued to Fasteners for Retail on Aug. 4 for "Merchandise security system" (Illinois, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,987, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).

"Merchandise security system" was invented by Sonny Siazon (Woodstock, Ill.) and Shane Obitts (North Ridgeville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A merchandise display system comprises a tile rail defining a tile track extending along a first direction, and a plurality of tiles slidably engaged with the tile rail and configured to independently translate along the first direction, each tile of the plurality of tiles including a pair of bearing rails engaged with the tile track, and each tile including a tile carriage slidably engaged with the tile r...