ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,457, issued on March 31, was assigned to FELLOWES INC. (Itasca, Ill.).
"System and method for mounting a panel to an internal frame of a modular wall" was invented by James Edward Losser (St. Charles, Ill.), Shawn M. Applegate (Streamwood, Ill.) and Tai Hoon K. Matlin (Round Lake Beach, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip for mounting a panel to an internal frame of a modular wall is provided. The frame comprises vertical frame members with a plurality of vertically arranged mounting openings. The clip comprises a mounting portion for attaching the clip to the panel, a mounting insert extending in an insertion direction for i...