ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,714, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VUSIONGROUP SA (Nanterre, France).

"Maintenance device for performing maintenance of a shelf rail" was invented by Tarik Filali Ansary (Nanterre, France) and Andreas Rossl (Nanterre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shelf rail maintenance device (14) for the maintenance of at least one electrical conductor (6) of a shelf rail (3), wherein the electrical conductor (6) is located in a receiving groove (4) of an electronic shelf rail (3) and extends freely accessible along the length extension of the receiving groove (4), wherein the maintenance device (14) comprises at least one interaction ...