ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,929, issued on June 23, was assigned to EDITH-MIN INTERNATIONAL INC. (Oakville, Canada).

"Modular unit coupling system and method" was invented by Hualian Chen (Beamsville, Canada), Shreyash Jagdishbhai Upadhyay (Milton, Canada) and Austin Van Rossum (Milton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bracket system securable to modular units for releasably coupling the modular units together. In an example, the bracket system comprises a set of main brackets comprising front and rear frame extension brackets securable to base structural members of a first main unit. Each of the front and rear frame extension brackets comprises a beam c...