ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,313, issued on April 21, was assigned to Frontline Lighting LLC (Butler, Pa.).

"Flexible lighting system for carrying bag or container with an exterior control panel and externally deployable flexible light strip" was invented by Darrell Frank Marroncelli (Hampton, N.H.), Patrick William Maloney (Burnt Hills, N.Y.), James J. Levante (Tempe, Ariz.), Anthony James Simons (Sydney) and Jeffrey Thomas Saunders (North Narrabeen, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A representative embodiment of a lighting system includes a carrying bag having a first opening with a control panel cover; a mounting bracket arranged in the carrying bag;...