ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,319, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).

"Retail merchandise tray" was invented by Thomas O. Nagel (Rockford, Ill.), Kelly Ann Pickett (Rockford, Ill.) and Francesc Xavier Badia Rotger (Saltsjobaden, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retail merchandise tray assembly is provided. The tray assembly may have an adjustable divider. The tray assembly may have a sign adaptor for mounting a sign to the divider. The tray assembly may have an accessory clip. The tray assembly may have a pivotable front stop. The tray assembly may have sign holders mounted to a front stop. The tray assembly may i...