ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,537, issued on July 14, was assigned to ZampTech Sub LLC (Bend, Ore.).

"Portable solar systems" was invented by Conor Miller (Bend, Ore.), Brian Butcher (Bend, Ore.) and Josh Burke (Bend, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a portable solar system includes a solar panel assembly and a case. The solar panel assembly includes a frame at least partially surrounding the solar panel assembly. The case includes a case front and a case back. The case back is movably attached to the case front at a first hinge. The frame of the solar panel assembly is attached to the case back on an interior side of the case. The case back ...