ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,978, issued on April 21, was assigned to THE ONDRASIK FAMILY TRUST DATED 11/3/1999 (Commerce, Calif.).

"Tilting and sliding system for a shelf having side support arms receivable into apertures in vertical posts" was invented by V. John Ondrasik Jr. (Granada Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelving system with a shelf, two rear vertical posts and two front vertical posts. The posts all have vertically spaced apart openings passing therethrough. The shelf has a pair of front side support arms that pass through the apertures in the front vertical posts and a pair of rear side support arms that pass through the apertures...