ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,283, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to RecRe Inc. (Harrisonburg, Va.).

"Modular compartment system and methods of access" was invented by Quinn Gagne (Norfolk, Va.), Page Wood (Snowshoe, W.va.), Griffin Harrington (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Phil Saunders (Harrisonburg, Va.), Zach Fearnside (Raleigh, N.C.) and Nick Sipes (Sudbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular compartment system and related methods for locking and unlocking the modular compartment system. Storage compartments within the modular compartment system are reconfigurable and include remote, electronic unlocking capabilities. Reconfigurable control electronics enable ...