ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,612, issued on April 21, was assigned to GGPP Innovations LLC (Nokomis, Fla.).

"Modular support and storage assembly" was invented by John J. Gammaro (Nokomis, Fla.), Gregory K. Wall (Sarasota, Fla.) and David O'Meara (Venice, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular support and storage assembly that can be installed into a ground anchor hole. The assembly includes five support sleeves that are fixed into a base anchor. The support sleeves are housed inside a post. A skirt sits atop the base anchor. An upper collar and an upper anchor host are situated atop the support sleeves. An anchor element is inserted into and through the...