ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,962, issued on March 3, was assigned to Archi Enterprises Inc. (North Vancouver, Canada).

"Modular utility system" was invented by Christian Alexander LeBlanc (Vancouver, Canada), Michael Robert Foster (Vancouver, Canada) and Kenji Eu (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit of parts for use in demountably configuring a variety of structural assemblies. A kit may comprise a plurality of cylindrical structural components configured for engagement with various types of male connector components along the sides or at the ends of the cylindrical structural components, there provided for demountable engagement of a female-e...