ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,646, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Make-A-Fort LLC (Augusta, Kan.).

"Versatile three-dimensional fort building kit" was invented by Kent Johnson (Augusta, Kan.) and Troy Lindemann (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3D fort building kit is a device that can create a variety of structures and shapes. In other words, the device has improved materials and designs with better qualities, that enables kids to build complex 3D structures. To accomplish this, the device includes panels, connectors and utility features that help kids to construct and assemble a structure of their choice in many designs. Further, structures ma...