ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,314, issued on Nov. 25.
"Panel connection" was invented by Fergus Jonathan Ardern (Lingwood, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection between substantially planar panels is disclosed. A panel comprises a panel body, said panel body comprising a pair of planar members, deployed in parallel spaced arrangement, and connected by an outer side wall. A connection assembly extends circumferentially from each panel body, with a connection assembly including a planar connection surface for engaging in a plane a corresponding connection surface on a second panel. The planar connection surface and the side wall defining an acut...