ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,774, issued on March 17, was assigned to A&C Future Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Modular collapsible building frames" was invented by Han Qin (Newport Beach, Calif.), Jiuqi Wang (Santa Ana, Calif.), Zhuangboyu Zhou (Santa Ana, Calif.), Sichen Li (Santa Ana, Calif.), Keguan Zou (Irvine, Calif.) and Jiayang Qin (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Collapsible building frame modules having first and second frame components are contemplated. One or more cross-link beams couple the first and second frame components. It is contemplated that the one or more cross-link beams slide along a frame component on one end and rotate wi...