ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,982, issued on Sept. 23.

"Quarter-turn locking attachment for a storage device" was invented by Dominic P. Ismert (Marshall, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations disclosed and claimed herein provide a customized storage system. In one implementation, a folding crate movable between a storage position and a collapsed position is provided. One or more customizable and modular attachments to the storage crates may be provided to attaching to or otherwise mating with a side of a crate. The modular attachments may include a universal connector that connects to an opening in any side of a storage crate and one or more acce...