ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,969, issued on June 30.
"Connector" was invented by Richard Bergman (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a modular connector for coupling a plurality of frame members to each other. Primary and secondary sleeves of the modular connector are elongated along their respective axes so as to be suitable to engageably receive therein corresponding frame members. A plurality of slots are defined on an axially extending outer face of the primary sleeve. A plurality of tabs extend outwardly from a terminal end of the secondary sleeve. The plurality of tabs are receivable in the plurality of slots to position the primary a...