ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,010, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to L. & S. ITALIA S.P.A. (Brugnera, Italy).
"Shelf support system" was invented by Giuseppe Rossi (Varese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelf support system includes an upright having: a profile-member made of electrically conductive material and comprising a cavity, an insulating element made of a first electrically insulating material and configured to be inserted in the cavity of the profile-member and comprising a housing, a rack made of electrically conductive material and comprising a connection structure configured to connect a shelf to the shelf support system, and a power supply...