ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,535, issued on May 12, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).

"Merchandise access gate and retail merchandise display including merchandise access gate" was invented by Shane Obitts (North Ridgeville, Ohio), Khalid Musa Abu-Shalback (Plainfield, Ill.) and Keith C Eden (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access gate assembly for a retail merchandise display has a frame defining a product storage region. The access gate includes a mounting frame and a door. The mounting frame is configured to be attached to a frame of a retail merchandise display adjacent the product storage region. The mounting frame...