ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,797, issued on May 26, was assigned to Dotchi LLC (Miami).

"Outdoor furniture and components thereof" was invented by Elin Stavenow (Copenhagen, Denmark), Lars Larsen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Harry Tchira (Miami) and Claus Molgaard (Copenhagen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Individual items of furniture and components thereof are described herein. The furniture can be used as individual pieces or connected to form a furniture system. A seat module is attached to three or four legs to form a chair; optionally the legs are part of a leg module. Two or more seat modules can be connected using a connection system to form a sectiona...