ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,451, issued on Sept. 1.

"Interchangeable structural configuration systems and methods" was invented by James Wickersham (Healdsburg, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques are provided for interchangeable structural configuration. In some examples, a system includes a plurality of housing elements with respective exteriors that share at least one shape attribute. Each of the plurality of housing elements detachably houses a respective portion of a structure to apply the at least one shape attribute to the respective portion of the structure. The plurality of housing elements includes a plurality of interlocking ...