ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,035, issued on May 26, was assigned to Zarges GmbH (Weilheim, Germany).
"Shelf system" was invented by Erkan Soyturk (Weilheim, Germany) and Torsten Mahler (Dresden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shelf system with bars and with at least one connecting strut for connecting two bars adjacent to each other is provided. The connecting strut has receiving devices on its end faces. An undercut profile extending substantially parallel to the bar is attached or can be attached to the bar of the shelf system. Every undercut profile has two or more profile parts which are detachable from one another and can be joined together to form...