ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,333, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Hangable apparatus and systems and methods therefor" was invented by Lisa Bauer (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Brad Mills (Highland Park, Ill.) and David Noskowicz (Spring Grove, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hanger (100) for a hanging item (1400) is provided. The hanger can define an aperture (102). The aperture can include a split rotated concave cardioid upper contour (104). The split rotated concave cardioid upper contour can include a first portion (105) and a second portion (106). The first portion and the second portion can be separated by an inve...