ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,445, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MAXLITE INC (Pine Brook, N.J.).

"Modular lightbar system and method" was invented by Aymen Chami (Hackettstown, N.J.) and Yaolin Tang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightbar assembly connector for use in a modular lightbar system to connect two or more lightbar assemblies together and having a design and configuration that enables the lightbar assembly connector and lightbar assemblies to be connected by moving the lightbar assembly connector in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar assembly (or by moving the lightbar assembly in a direction ...