US Patent Issued to FELLOWES on April 21 for "Connecting members and system for modular wall junctions" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,010, issued on April 21, was assigned to FELLOWES INC. (Itasca, Ill.).

"Connecting members and system for modular wall junctions" was invented by Michael Egan (Chicago) and Shawn M. Applegate (Streamwood, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and connector interconnects modular wall vertical frame members meeting at a junction. A first vertical frame member and a second vertical frame member each have a central section for mounting a wall panel. Each vertical frame member has a pair of lateral legs at the lateral edges thereof and a pair of inner legs extending inwardly. The inner legs are spaced laterally away from the later...