ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,373, issued on July 14, was assigned to LBA Group Inc. (Greenville, N.C.).

"Portable lightning protection system base assembly and method of using same" was invented by Lawrence Behr (Greenville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base assembly for a portable lightning protection system. The base assembly may include an outer base structure, and a plurality of outer horizontal beams attached to one another in an end to end configuration forming a generally closed outer base structure; an inner base structure, the inner base structure may include a plurality of inner horizontal support brackets attached in an end to end configurati...